According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, you should do the following: Immediately wash the part of your skin that touched the plant with one of the following: Rubbing alcohol, ...

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

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Poison ivy, poison sumac and poison oak can cause a red, bumpy rash from its transferred oils called urushiol. Ingesting other native Michigan plants, the nightshade plant for example, can be ...

In addition to poison ivy, there are a few other related plants that can cause the same allergic rash: poison oak and poison sumac. With the plants lurking on forest grounds or wrapped around ...

Poison ivy, oak and sumac all can create itchy rashes from urushiol. What you need to know before the rash starts.