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rashes, itching, inflammation, oozing, and, in severe cases, a burning sensation. Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis (also called Toxicodendron dermatitis or Rhus dermatitis) is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by the oil urushiol found in various plants, most notably sumac family species of the genus Toxicodendron: poison ivy ...
A bee sting is the wound and pain caused by the stinger of a female bee puncturing skin. Bee stings differ from insect bites, with the venom of stinging insects having considerable chemical variation. The reaction of a person to a bee sting may vary according to the bee species. While bee stinger venom is slightly acidic and causes only mild ...
Paederus dermatitis. Paederus dermatitis, medically known as dermatitis linearis, [ 1] is a skin irritation resulting from contact with the hemolymph of certain rove beetles, a group that belongs to the insect order Coleoptera and the genus Paederus. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Other local names given to Paederus dermatitis include spider-lick, whiplash ...
A 2004 study from Johns Hopkins University found that, unless they’d received allergy treatments for bee stings, a significant percentage of those who’d had severe reactions to bee stings as ...
August 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM. U.S. health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen. The Food and Drug ...
Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red, raised, itchy bumps. [ 1] Hives may burn or sting. [ 2] The patches of rash may appear on different body parts, [ 2] with variable duration from minutes to days, and does not leave any long-lasting skin change. [ 2] Fewer than 5% of cases last for more than six weeks (a condition ...
Erythema migrans or erythema chronicum migrans is an expanding rash often seen in the early stage of Lyme disease, and can also (but less commonly) be caused by southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). [ 1][ 2] It can appear anywhere from one day to one month after a tick bite. This rash does not represent an allergic reaction to the bite ...
Matthew McConaughey can manage to be alright, alright, alright after a lot of things -- but he was clearly no match for a bee.On Wednesday, the Oscar-winning actor took to social media to share a ...