my sister is 9mo prego and just developed a rash.. PUPPP. We are trying home remedies and cortizone creams but nothing is helping! Any ideas or suggestions that worked?

Samantha - posted on 09/03/2009

i got puppps about a week before bub was due they thought it was chicken pox but it started on my belly then went everywere except my chest neck and face it was horrible and make it worse we wer in the middle of summer at the time the doc perscribed me with phenergan and i cover my body in calamine lotion and had cold showers at least 5 times a day. i also used with soap free wash it was green but i cant rember it sorry but u can get it from any chemist.. it works well good luck and yes the only cure the doc told me was to deliver the bub....

Juanitta - posted on 02/25/2009

polysporn i would try as well extra strength it'd get it as well and nothing for me worked except that and everyone is different so c what will work for u

Liza - posted on 02/25/2009

i had pupps too and it was terrible! what helped for me was taking benadryl or claritin (suggested by my doctor) and i also put ice packs on my tummy.

Lu - posted on 02/25/2009

GO TO THE DOCTOR"S!!! Could be Fifth Disease....bad for prego women,,,

Samantha - posted on 02/25/2009

To help avoid the rash and the dry skin try using some aloe, also you may want to have your sister go into her Dr. and have the rash looked at, as it possible that it could be something worse.

Heather - posted on 02/25/2009

Quoting Andrea:

my sister is 9mo prego and just developed a rash.. PUPPP. We are trying home remedies and cortizone creams but nothing is helping! Any ideas or suggestions that worked?

I cannot say with certainity that this is the same situation. However, when I was pregnant (and I believe it was roughly around 9/10 mos) I developed a rash all over my stomach. No matter what I did, I could not get relief from it.  After having blood work done (which sounds like your sister should request) they were able to confirm a condition called Cholestasis.  There is no "cure" or relief for this condition, it will go away after she delivers her baby. The  reason why anti itch creams do not work is because it has to do with bile acids building up in the blood stream.  The only "relief"  I found was a cold wash cloth.  Most commonly  the itching is on hands and feet, however mine was all over my stomach and it was unbearable.

Good luck and have your sister request some blood work from her doctor to rule this condition out.

Fredricka - posted on 02/25/2009

I HAD A RASH WHEN I WAS PREGNANT AS WELL, I USED AN OLDSCHOOL REMIDY TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANMOTHER, WHICH HAZEL AND CORSTARCH, OR JUST PLAIN CORNSTARCH.

Katrina - posted on 02/25/2009

Hey....i had that rash too, and there isn't really anything you can do to help it. Just tell her not to scratch (i know it's hard) and tell her to keep putting lotion and cortizone creams on it.....try an oatmeal bath sometimes worked too. I also tried baby oil, vasaline, basically anything to keep my skin from getting dry. Good luck, hope this will help a little