A patient recently came into our dermatology clinic with a rash and a story similar to many others. He had been camping with friends a few days earlier and helped carry some logs to stoke the fire.

Well over half of the human population is sensitive to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Rashes usually peak in early ...

Learn how to identify poison ivy, oak, and sumac plants and the rashes they cause. Although poison ivy isn't the only plant with leaves that grow in clusters of three, the adage "leaves of three, ...

While those shiny green leaves lining the base of a tree might look harmless, poison ivy isn't anything to mess around with, especially when the results of touching it are an itchy red rash that lasts ...

Whether you're more acquainted with the pesty plant or Batman's wily nemesis, you probably know to stay away from anything by the name of Poison Ivy. In today's Skincast episode, hosts Luke Johnson, ...

Q. My son is going camping next month. Every year, he gets poison ivy. Do you have any pointers for preventing poison ivy? What type of over-the-counter medications should he take with him on the trip ...

Shingles and poison ivy can both cause itchy, blistering rashes. Shingles often also causes burning, nerve pain, fever, chills, headaches, fatigue, or weakness. Shingles is a varicella-zoster virus ...

Poison ivy can irritate your eyes and eyelids, but it won’t cause blindness. A rash occurs when urushiol oil comes into contact with your eye area through touch or smoke. Mild symptoms, such as red, ...