Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A Treatise on Topical Corticosteroids in DermatologyTopical Corticosteroid During Pregnancy: Indications, Safety and Precautions

A Treatise on Topical Corticosteroids in Dermatology: Topical Corticosteroid During Pregnancy:... [The systemic availability of topical corticosteroids alters during pregnancy due to alterations in the cutaneous hydration and blood flow. Topical corticosteroids are commonly used to treat cutaneous manifestation associated with inflammatory conditions, autoimmune response as well as dermatoses associated with atopy such as atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, psoriasis and lichen planus. During the first trimester of pregnancy as per existing data the safety of corticosteroids is difficult to interpret and often conflicting. Due to concerns for possible fetal harm, the pregnant women sometimes get under treated because of ‘steroid phobia’.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Treatise on Topical Corticosteroids in DermatologyTopical Corticosteroid During Pregnancy: Indications, Safety and Precautions

Download PDF
5 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/a-treatise-on-topical-corticosteroids-in-dermatology-topical-Gl3TZgA8Ae
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
ISBN
978-981-10-4608-7
Pages
81 –86
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-4609-4_6
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[The systemic availability of topical corticosteroids alters during pregnancy due to alterations in the cutaneous hydration and blood flow. Topical corticosteroids are commonly used to treat cutaneous manifestation associated with inflammatory conditions, autoimmune response as well as dermatoses associated with atopy such as atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, psoriasis and lichen planus. During the first trimester of pregnancy as per existing data the safety of corticosteroids is difficult to interpret and often conflicting. Due to concerns for possible fetal harm, the pregnant women sometimes get under treated because of ‘steroid phobia’.]

Published: May 18, 2017

Keywords: Topical corticosteroids; Orofacial cleft; Fetal growth restriction

There are no references for this article.