Poison Ivy

[Gribnitz]

I have never gotten it before. I have heard that its impossible to be immune from the stuff, but as much as I have tromped through the woods, sat in the dirt, and yanked roots out of the ground, I would have thought I had gotten it at some point.

 

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[tenbears]

Immune to it,oh ya i licked it twice chewed it once and whipped my ------------- with it,totally not immune to it !

 

[Capefearsman]

Ivey,ticks and redbugs... HATE THEM!!!

 

[Bodyguard]

In addition to the other caveats... don't burn the leaves, even if they appear dead. The oils will travel in the smoke and cover you EVERWHERE

 

[Lafitte]

Ooops, my bad.
Charlie is right, blot, don't rub.

 

[digdug_rita]

Oh my goodness, have yall hit on a subject that I have experienced a lot. I am one of those people that can get it from the air, off my dog, sitting on the grass.....if it is anywhere close by I will get it. Years ago I was clearing a couple of acres in the dead of winter, lotsa vines everywhere so I thought heck I will just burn them....spent two days piling them up and burning them, then spent the next 6 weeks on meds, steroids, shots, salves...and pain. I was swollen from head to toe inside and outside. The doc says when you breath the smoke in your insides are just as affected as your outsides. Digging in my flower beds, poison ivy roots, had to go pee and then learned another lesson....ladies and gents, wash your hands BEFORE and after you go....
There are some great over the counter stuff like the Tecnu, Ivyrest...but there is even better prescription salves ...the one I use is Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream 1%. Relieves the itch and dries it up in a couple days. I also keep handy the steroid pack, my doc is considerate enough to prescribe a years supply of both so that I have them handy.
Sometimes I get it and do not know how....doc says oils float thru the air...I believe it. Gloves and long sleeve shirts help, just make sure you remove them with care....
My brother has 10 acres with a creek in the middle of Civil War battlefields in northern Ga, between Chicamauga and Lookout Mt, I am dieing to detect there but man what a crop of poison ivy he has growing there, some of the biggest leaves I have ever seen. Tried to talk him into mowing all of it or spraying it with weed killer, but no good ..yet!. Anyway, just thought I would share my agony and hate for the stuff with you....good luck

 

[CarolinaDigs]

If not posted earlier keep clothing separate and wash as soon as removal. Yes burning poison Ivy is as harmful as touching it !

 

[hollowpointred]

In addition to the other caveats... don't burn the leaves, even if they appear dead. The oils will travel in the smoke and cover you EVERWHERE

this is very true and potentially dangerous if you inhale the smoke.

 

[Treasure finder]

Poison Ivy Help.
I am also extremely allergic to Poison Ivy. There is a product called "ZANFEL"
and it worked unbelievably well for me. It washed away the itch and the oil
in under a minute! On 3 different occasions! That's what I call performance!
Even after the rash appears it stops the itch. The company has a phone #
of 1-800-401-4002. I have used all the other products mentioned and using
the others by comparison is like using regular soap. It is just incredible to
have the itch vanish in under a minute! Try it, you'll like it.
Rich

 

[eddie1278]

I got posion ivy/oak/sumac ? last summer REALLY bad for the first time. My arms blew up and were oozing puss and everything totally disgusting. They almost had me take steroids it was so bad. I let it heal without steroids and took benadryl alot to reduse the swelling. For a week and a half i stayed couped up at home. I could never sleep the itching woke me up out of my sleep.

One of the worst times of my life

 

[Treasure finder]

Yes Eddie, it is a terrible time. I start itching when I get within 50 feet of it,
I am that sensitive. It really doesn't really get me though until actual contact.
I got it real bad one time from gold panning downstream from a stand of it.
Incidentally, Spanish miners used to plant it around their mines to keep others
away. Then they would use some of the local Indians to clear it when they
wanted in. The local Indians on the Calif coast were immune to it, but I can't
remember the name of the tribe. From now on I always carry "Zanfel" in my
pack and prefer the desert for treasure hunting.
Rich

 

[corklabus]

Was reading in Mother Earth Magazine today about a fellow who had written to them on this subject.
His doctor told him that if he had any suspicion that he had come in contact with the stuff to wash with warm regular soap as soon as possible and then wash again with DISH LIQUID as it is designed to break up grease and oils.
The man said he followed those directions and hasn't broken out in a rash from it in over 5 years now.
Sounds like a simple and cheap home remedy to me.

My personal problem is that I get into something in my yard that breaks me out in what appears to be blood blisters. Anybody got any ideas about that ??

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Was reading in Mother Earth Magazine today about a fellow who had written to them on this subject.
His doctor told him that if he had any suspicion that he had come in contact with the stuff to wash with warm regular soap as soon as possible and then wash again with DISH LIQUID as it is designed to break up grease and oils.
The man said he followed those directions and hasn't broken out in a rash from it in over 5 years now.
Sounds like a simple and cheap home remedy to me.

My personal problem is that I get into something in my yard that breaks me out in what appears to be blood blisters. Anybody got any ideas about that ??

Chiggers. Their bites produce small, reddish welts on the skin accompanied by intense itching as irritating as acute cases of poison ivory or poison sumac. These symptoms often are the only way of learning that an outdoor area is infested since chiggers are so small that most cannot be seen without a magnifying glass.

For more info, click here: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html