Itching of pregnant women

May appear in the first months and at the end of pregnancy, limited to the area of ​​the external genitalia or spread throughout the body.
Often it is painful, causes insomnia, irritability or a depressed mood. Recognition of this form of toxicosis of pregnant women is not difficult. However, when diagnosing a disease, it is necessary to exclude diseases accompanied by skin itching: diabetes mellitus, helminthic invasion, allergic reaction to medicinal and food substances. Treatment is reduced to the appointment of funds that regulate the functions of the nervous system, reducing the sensitization of the body, giving a general strengthening effect: diphenhydramine, pipolpene, tavetil, vitamins, ultraviolet irradiation.