Exposure to poison ivy can result in a severe rash. While the rash may subside without treatment, home remedies, such as cold compresses or calamine, can help treat the rash and manage other symptoms.

Well over half of the human population is sensitive to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Rashes usually peak in early summer, and tens of thousands of people in the United States go to the ...

Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a weedy plant that can typically be found in or near bike paths, ditches, farms, fields, rivers, and railroads. It’s part of the Apiaceae family, which includes ...

Poison ivy often grows in cities and suburbs, not just forests. It appears in every U.S. state except Alaska and Hawaii. If you are not sure whether a plant is poison ivy, stay away anyway to keep ...

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac contain urushiol, an oily sap that can trigger contact dermatitis with an itchy rash and blisters. You are not born sensitive to urushiol, but you can become ...

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 ...

GAITHERBURG, Md. — A homeowner’s effort to clear unwanted visitors from his property backfired, causing poison concerns in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg. “There was a resident of the ...