Itchy breasts and nipples can be an uncomfortable experience that disrupts daily life. While occasional itching may seem ...

Heat rashes, also called prickly heat and miliaria, are red, small, and raised spots that make you feel itchy. Right from children to adults, anyone can have heat rashes. These raised spots can pop up ...

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are three plants notorious for causing itchy, uncomfortable rashes that can turn a ...

We tend to think of COVID-19 as a respiratory illness. But, like many viruses, COVID can also affect your skin and cause ...

And one often-overlooked way anxiety can manifest is in stress hives, itchy red welts that pop up during times of tension. An estimated 20 percent of the population will find themselves with hives ...

Knowing the cause can help to ensure you get the right treatment. Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes raised areas of dry, itchy, scaly skin. It is not contagious but can cause ...

Brendan Camp, MD, is a double board-certified dermatologist at MDCS Dermatology and Clinical. Itching (technical term: pruritus) is a common condition, affecting roughly 20 percent of adults ...

Scabies is caused by a parasitic mite which burrows under the skin and lays eggs, which causes intense itching and blisters to appear. It is easily spread via skin-to-skin contact, or by sharing ...

When facial nerves are damaged, it can lead to burning, itching, numbness and tingling. An infection can also affect the nerves in this way. One culprit is shingles, a painful condition targeting ...

Dr. Abigail Waldman, a dermatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said ragweed can cause eczema to flare up and may lead to itchy, scaly rashes in folds of skin around the neck and in other ...