If you spend enough time outdoors, there’s a good chance you’ll come in contact with plants that can irritate you…literally. Poison ivy grows year-round but thrives during warm weather. Dr. Shekar, a ...

Lotions and bath soaks containing colloidal oatmeal, zinc oxide and tea tree oil can help soothe irritation caused by poison ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever spent a long day working in the yard, only to find yourself itching a red rash on your skin hours later? It’s ...

What makes poison ivy a much dreaded plant is urushiol, an oily resin that, upon contact with the skin, can result in contact dermatitis, often presenting as a red, itchy rash with blisters or bumps.

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ...

(NEXSTAR) – You may have managed to dodge the dreaded rashes often associated with poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not allergic. While it’s true that a ...