A rash is an inflammatory response that causes changes to your skin, such as redness, itching, blistering, or scaly or raised skin patches. Rashes can be the result of a variety of things.

The pretibial myxedema rash, also known as thyroid dermopathy, usually develops on the shins and the tops of the feet. It can occur with autoimmune thyroid diseases and is most common in people with ...

Prickly heat is a skin rash caused by sweat trapped in the skin. Normally, sweat travels to the surface of the skin through tiny ducts. If the ducts become narrowed or clogged, the sweat is trapped in ...

The entire process can take up to 3 to 4 weeks. Identifying a rash as being caused by poison ivy can be straightforward, if you know what to look for. There are no laboratory studies — like a ...

An exanthem is any eruptive skin rash that may be associated with fever or other systemic symptoms. Causes include infectious pathogens, medication reactions and, occasionally, a combination of both.

A federal appeals court in the US has declined to overturn an attempt by Novartis to block the launch of a generic version of its blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto. The US Court of Appeals ...

Novartis was expecting a lot from its PARAGON-HF trial of Entresto in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and isn’t letting a missed endpoint scupper the programme.

Extreme heat caused by emissions from 111 fossil fuel companies cost an estimated $28 trillion between 1991 and 2020, according to researchers at Dartmouth College. The research firm Zero Carbon ...

J Marak of Byrnihat Primary Healthcare Centre. Residents say the toxic air also causes skin rashes and eye irritation, damages crops, and restricts routine tasks like drying laundry outdoors.

The skin may swell, harden, shrink, and become discolored. Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is similar to the rash caused by Lyme disease. However, it typically has a less distinctive ...

The modern lifestyle, characterised by limited sun exposure, has led to a rapid rise in vitamin D deficiency. Initially overlooked, this issue can have profound effects on the body over time ...

Most develop on the surface of the skin and cause it to swell with fluid. The skin around a vesicle keeps the fluid contained. Symptoms that may occur with a blistering rash include: Vesicular ...