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Poison ivy is a plant that can cause severe inflammation of the skin, or contact dermatitis. The plant contains a sap that triggers delayed irritation if it comes into contact with the skin. Also ...

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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.

Poison ivy is common in Ohio. Learn how to identify the plant, treat the rash, and safely remove it from your yard with these tips from FMC.

Poison ivy is a fixture of the landscape in eastern North America and parts of Asia. The noxious, rash-causing weed grows in rocky outcroppings, open fields, and at the edge of forests — it generally ...

Poison ivy belongs to the same plant family, Anacardiaceae, as mangos and cashews. All three of these plants produce urushiol, the compound that causes the itchy rash. People who chew the mango flesh ...

If you’ve ever had a poison ivy rash, you know this plant is not your friend, and you definitely don’t want it lurking in your yard. But trying to eliminate it without taking the proper precautions ...

Anyone who has touched poison ivy can attest to how nasty it is. A light brushing against any part of a poison ivy plant to release an oily resin called urushiol that can cause terrible skin rashes.

A poison ivy rash is caused by exposure to urushiol oil found in poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac plants. The rash itself is not contagious from person to person. The rash can appear to spread ...