Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this ...

Now, new research in Science Immunology has revealed a number of new promising avenues for bringing succor to people ...

Jewelweed can prevent the painful rash from forming if applied immediately after contact with these poisonous plants. Most ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research published today in the journal ...

Scratching an itchy rash worsens inflammation by triggering pain-sensing neurons and activating mast cells, creating a ...

The challenge last time was to find a word for the bliss that comes from scratching a serious itch. “I don’t know what you would call that feeling,” Naomi Angoff Chedd, of Brookline, admitted, and ...

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But often, the culprit is poison ivy. Every parent should know what poison ivy looks like—the plant and the rash. Poison ivy ...

In severe cases, a doctor may prescribe oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone, to treat poison ivy rash. These medications may provide rapid and steady relief from symptoms. Poison ivy rash can ...

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research using mice as a model, scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a ...

usually an itchy rash. A mild reaction might last 5 to 12 days. A more serious reaction can last 30 days or even longer. Most people don't come into contact with poison ivy, oak, or sumac on purpose.