A healthy 5-year-old boy came in from playing outside in the evening with the onset of pruritic skin lesions on the left ...

Skin conditions such as rashes or itching among those with their first psychotic episode may serve as early warning signs for worse outcomes. The corresponding study was presented at a recent meeting ...

Eosinophilic folliculitis causes itchy red bumps around hair follicles, and it's often called Ofuji disease. There are five types of eosinophilic folliculitis, including HIV-associated and ...

Speedy skins: The next in our series of quick quizzes in dermatology asks – what is the diagnosis in this case of an extremely itchy rash on the wrists of a male patient? A 42-year-old man presents ...

"The world around me collapsed, and I just felt dirty and worthless," Andrew Oakes said, vividly remembering the moment he was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 28. Oakes went to the hospital in 2021 ...

Hepatitis C rashes can occur during all stages of infection. Urticaria, or hives, is a common rash with raised, red, itchy welts caused by hepatitis C. Oral antihistamines like Zyrtec and ...

HIV destroys the immune system from within. Despite decades of research, there still isn’t a vaccine against the virus. The shape-shifting pathogen rapidly adapts to vaccines and renders them useless.

Poison ivy, along with poison oak and poison sumac, has an oily coating called urushiol, which often causes redness, swelling, and severe itching within 4 to 48 hours after contact with your skin.

I’m seeing more and more kids coming in with angry, itchy rashes, and even chemical burns, after using spray sunscreens during high UV index days. These rashes can look like red streaks, blotches, ...

Solving HIV vaccination—a puzzle that scientists have been tackling for decades without success—could be like cracking the code to a safe. The key, they now think, may be delivering a series of ...