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2. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common ... - AOL

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   What it looks like: Poison ivy is a type of allergic contact dermatitis that is caused by the oil (urushiol oil) in the poison ivy plant, explains Karan Lal, D.O., M.S., F.A.A.D., double board ...

3. Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   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, poison oak, poison sumac, and the Chinese lacquer tree. [1]

4. Poison ivy - Wikipedia

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   Poison ivy is a type of allergenic plant in the genus Toxicodendron native to Asia and North America. Formerly considered a single species, Toxicodendron radicans , poison ivies are now generally treated as a complex of three separate species: T. radicans , T. rydbergii , and T. orientale .

5. These Pictures Will Help You Figure Out What That Weird Rash ...

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   Contact Dermatitis. Contact dermatitis is when a dry, red, scaly rash that can also look like fluid-filled blisters or poison ivy appears from coming in contact with an irritant or allergen, says ...

6. Urushiol - Wikipedia

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   For many years, poison ivy was thought to fall into the Rhus genus; however, in the 1900s, it was reclassified into a more appropriate genus, Toxicodendron, meaning poison tree. [9] There were many documented cases of irritations and allergic reactions from the plant, and its prevalence in medicinal use quickly dwindled.

7. Woman's horrific reaction to getting poison ivy on her eyes ...

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   Common sense dictates that getting poison ivy on your eyes isn't exactly a great idea. But on Sunday morning, 17-year-old Lauren Petrozza of Newington, Connecticut shared a picture of her 21-year ...

8. Allergic contact dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   Also, in some instances such as poison ivy dermatitis calamine lotion and cool oatmeal baths may relieve itching. [ 19 ] Unlike the more common Type I allergies (e.g. hay fever), contact allergies are not mediated by histamine , making the use of normal allergy medication ( antihistamine ) medication ineffective and other drugs have to be used ...

9. Spot poison ivy in Kansas? How to identify the plant, plus ...

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   Here’s how to avoid the itchy rash poison ivy can leave behind.