Overview
There are many changes in the skin, hair, and nails during and after pregnancy. Patients are certainly aware that those changes are occurring, but few physicians and even fewer patients know how to predict the course of those changes. Pigmentary changes occur, but are they permanent? Can they be prevented or reversed? Hair may become thicker during pregnancy, only to fall out in the postpartum period. When will hair stop falling out? Will it grow back? What hormonal changes are occurring to produce these effects on the skin, hair, and nails? Will those hormonal changes affect other organs? Some cutaneous manifestations of pregnancy are common and recognized by most physicians. Abdominal striae, for example, are easily identified, but physicians have many questions about them. Why do they develop? Can they be prevented or treated? Other cutaneous manifestations of pregnancy are less common and recognized by few. For example, pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy is a debilitating condition that is treatable once diagnosed. Even more important than the treatment, the knowledge imparted to a worried mother that her child will be fine and that the condition is se- limited is priceless; but the condition must first be recognized by the patient’s physician. All of these questions and conditions are addressed in this extraordinary book. Pigm- tary disorders are addressed in detail in Chap. 2.
Full Product Details
Author: Arieh Ingber ,
Mark Lebwohl
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: 2009 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.465kg
ISBN: 9783540883982
ISBN 10: 3540883983
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 10 December 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Aus den Rezensionen: Aus der Feder des an der Hebraischen Universitat in Jerusalem lehrenden Dermatologen Ingber entstammt eine umfangreiche Darstellung der Schwangerschafts-assoziierten Dermatosen in englischer Sprache. Positiv imponieren detaillierte, gut lesbare sowie dicht referenzierte Ausfuhrungen zur Pravalenz, Klinik, Diagnostik und Therapie von peri- und postpartal auftretenden Haut- und Schleimhautlasionen. Piktogramme heben die integumentale Zuordnung der Lasionen eindrucksvoll hervor. ... Das reichlich dargebotene Bildmaterial ist zumeist von guter bis sehr guter Qualitat. ... Zusammenfassend ist das vorliegende Buch von Ingber eindeutig als Bereicherung der Literaturlage ... einzuschatzen. (Matthias Mohrenschlager, in: JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology, 2009, Vol. 7, Issue 8, S. 125)
From the reviews: This is a comprehensive review of normal as well as pathologic skin changes during pregnancy. ! The book is written for gynecologists, dermatologists, and family practitioners, although it would also benefit anyone interested in the appearance of the skin during pregnancy. Residents in dermatology and gynecology would also find it useful. ! It is very readable for a leisurely detailed perusal, but also quite accessible as a quick reference during a busy day of seeing patients. (Renata H. Mullen, Doody's Review Service, April, 2009)
