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

The bacterial toxins rupture blood vessels and can rapidly shut down ... It is this cascade of events that causes the distinctive rash that appears beneath the skin and kills tissue throughout ...

Dermatomyositis is a rare disorder that affects your skin, muscles, and blood vessels. If you have dermatomyositis, you may develop skin rashes, and you might have muscle weakness and pain and ...

The lymphatic system is the network of organs, vessels, tissues, and glands in the body that work to get rid of toxins. Mycosis fungoides is developed when the blood travels to the upper layer of the ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Her blood cultures were negative, although her urine and cervical cultures were positive for group A streptococcus. She was diagnosed with early toxic shock ... in the rash, and she had been ...

Studies of chemicals in our blood typically capture only a small ... Their work represents a novel approach to biomonitoring the "toxic exposome." The human exposome encompasses all the ...

The caterpillars' hairs contain a toxin that, when brushed against skin, produces a poison ivy-like rash that is incredibly itchy and uncomfortable. Derek V. Chan, a board-certified medical and ...