The patient was an elderly Caucasian man who came to the clinic with complaints of a red, intensely itchy rash on his elbows (Figure 1), buttocks (Figure 2), and back. His symptoms began with a slight ...

If you've ever experienced an eczema breakout, you are far from alone. Approximately 31.6 million Americans have eczema, ...

People get scarlet fever from a bacterium called group A Streptococcus, which is also known as group A strep. This bacterium can sometimes release a poison that causes a rash. The illness gets its ...

A stress rash looks like raised red bumps that cluster together in large welts or tiny dots. Stress rashes can appear anywhere on the body from the arms and legs to the face and back. To treat a ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, is back for part 2 of "What Your Skin Says About Your Health," where she describes several skin conditions and their associated ...

The main signs of COVID-19 are respiratory symptoms, like congestion and a cough. But COVID-19 can also cause skin rashes, dermatologists say. And the coronavirus is just one of many viruses that may ...