10th August 2020

34-year-old woman – G1P0 (first time pregnancy, with no other births), attends her midwife appointment

34-year-old woman – G1P0 (first time pregnancy, with no other births), attends her midwife appointment regarding a rash she has noticed on her abdomen. It has progressively become itchier.  She is 16 weeks into her first pregnancy. The rash is intensely red, occurring in patches and plaques around the circumference of the abdomen including the umbilicus. The lesions have fluid filled blisters.

Note: G- Gravidity is the number of times a woman has been pregnant and P- parity is the number of times she has given birth to foetuses with a gestational age of 24 weeks or more irrespective of whether the child is alive or stillborn. The + refers to the number of miscarriages or terminations the woman has had.

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