We diagnosed contact dermatitis caused by allergy to the diclofenac cream with possible impetiginization. The patient may have been sensitized by treatment with the cream the previous year. He was ...

When contact dermatitis causes a lot of itchiness, like with poison ivy, people often have some idea what caused it, explained Ferris. Other times, it’s harder to identify the cause.

Contact dermatitis nails can manifest in different ways, like nail discoloration, nail thickening, or brittleness. In some cases, the nail can also separate from the nail bed, which is called ...

Quite often I have drivers come into my clinic complaining of skin conditions such as rashes. By far the most common skin rash I see is called contact dermatitis. Essentially, contact dermatitis is an ...

Recently, facial contact dermatitis from exposure to hexavalent chromium plating 4, 5 and to nickel 6 in cellphones has been reported. Although cellphone batteries containing nickel have received much ...

In 2013, the North American Contact Dermatitis Group published their patch test results, which suggested that neomycin, an antibiotic in another ointment, was associated with contact dermatitis in ...

If you experience chronic dry, itchy and red skin, you may be one of the millions of Americans with eczema. The National Eczema Association reports that an estimated 10% of the world ...

New allergens responsible for contact dermatitis emerge regularly. During the Dermatology Days of Paris 2024 conference, Angèle Soria, MD, PhD, a dermatologist at Tenon Hospital in Paris, France ...

“Dermatitis can be caused by genetics, environment, hormonal changes, stress or coming into contact with an irritating substance,” explains dermatologist Dr Dennis Gross, who notes that the ...

In this particular case, allergic contact dermatitis was also considered. It is possible that the patient had a type IV hypersensitivity reaction to one or more ingredients in the product.

Contact dermatitis is down to contact with something that irritates the skin and also causes a skin allergy, such as the nickel present in jewellery and plants like primulas.