Bilirubin is a naturally occurring yellow pigment that forms when red blood cells break down. GS is a genetic condition whereby a single gene mutation prevents the liver from properly removing bilirubin from the blood. Between 5 â 10% of the population may have GS, but around one-third donât have symptoms.1.
High blood pressure can harm the mother's kidneys and other organs, and it can cause low birth weight and early delivery. In the most serious cases, the mother develops preeclampsia-or toxemia of pregnancy--which can threaten the lives of both the mother and the fetus.
Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy is thought to be related to stretching of the skin on the abdomen. Somehow the rash develops as a sort of allergy to the stretch marks and spreads elsewhere on the body. Most cases begin in the last 3 months, especially the last 5 weeks, when the stretching is greatest. It is rare for polymorphic eruption of pregnancy to begin after delivery. Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy is most common in a first pregnancy, when the abdomen is tightest.