Toxicodendron radicans, commonly known as eastern poison ivy or poison ivy, is a poisonous Asian and North American flowering plant that is well known for causing an itching, irritating, and sometimes painful rash in most people who touch it, caused by urushiol, a clear liquid compound in the plant's sap.
Boil: Introduction. A boil is a large infection of a hair follicle, the tiny opening in the skin from which a hair grows. Boils are due to an invasion of bacteria that enter the follicle and cause a bacterial infection of the follicle and nearby skin. Boils are also called skin abscesses or furuncles.
MRSA causes recurrent skin boils and is resistant to many antibiotics. MRSA is also linked to blood infections and severe skin infections. Boils can also be caused by a toxic condition in the blood stream. A person's blood can become toxic due to an unhealthy lifestyle or a poor diet. Boils generally appear when a person is in an unstable and devitalized condition.