Psoriasis is a skin condition where the skin has hyperactive growth resulting in thick, white, silvery, or red patches of skin.  Normally the skin grows layer by layer and by time the outer layer will flake off.  This turnover time, the time when the inner layer becomes the outer layer, is around 4 weeks, but [...]

Just as you were enjoying your swim in the beautiful sea, you noticed a sting on your foot. The pain gets worse. When you get out of the water you see a red rash on the painful area. What do you do know? As a medical centre near the beach, BIMC gets plenty of marine [...]

Hives, or the medical term “urticaria” is a common allergic disorder in which a red, itchy, lumpy skin rash appears ‘out of the blue’. The skin lumps are known as weals. 15-20% of the population would experience hives at some point of their lives. Urticaria is caused by the release of histamine, a chemical substance [...]