Poison Ivy

[SaginawIan]

Watch out! This stuff is everwhere this year!!!!! I got it real bad detecting a simple little park. Has anyone else gotten it this year yet?

 

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[Luke34]

Luke, you're absolutely right!!! But I'm curious as all getout. Did they decide to do that on their own,

They did this on their own. They were playing in a vacant wooded lot across the street from our house. Nature called, and they decided not to walk the 100 feet or so back to the house, and then grabbed whatever greenery was handy. The outcome was not a pretty sight!

The most embarrassing part for them was having to bare their rear ends for the doctor.

Cheers--Luke

 

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[EDDE]

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[LadyDigger]

OHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD Dekalb.....is that you? If so, did you take a bath in that stuff? Ouch...looks like you burnt your arms it's so red!!!! I know that hurt and itched to no end. I have not gotton it that bad and I don't want too....if not you, still feel bad for the guy!!!

Noodle....no my eyes did not hurt or itch, about the only unpleasant part was not being able to see. My right eye is open more in this pic, the next day it looked like my left eye. Took about a week for it to go all away. Doc gave me some little white pills. Actually, when I got to the Naval Hospital, they looked at me and chuckled, they knew exactly what happened!!! They are lucky I knew them!!! LOL

Luke, I'm sorry to hear that about the girls....but atleast they were being creative, just with the wrong leaves.

Gypsy, yep....burning that poison ivy will send it through the air. When I went in for my eyes, they still checked to make sure I did not get it on the inside. I rather have it on the outside than within. It would be hard to scratch the itch . Glad your dau is ok.

 

[silverswede]

I think it's possible the pictures you posted are of poison oak instead of poison ivy. Not that it matters much as if your allergic to one you probably are to the other. Poison ivy where I was raised,(Minnesota) was a plant a foot or more high with clusters of three leaves with out the seareated looking edges, and it plagued me every summer of my childhood. Later in life I didn't recognize the vines that Climbed to the tops of trees I was falling in Tn. was poison oak. Where the sawdust was thrown back on my right Arm it looked like Dekalbs picture. Poison Oak is usually a vine and the leaves look like Holly and you can get from all parts, including roots and smoke and any tool or such that has contacted it. like a digging tool or metal detector. Food for thought...How do you find out if you're allergic?

 

[Noodle]

"How do you find out if you're allergic?"

You'll know soon enough... I remember I was very surprised when I first "found out." I was in my 30s. Tromped through that stuff all my life. It wasn't until I came in contact with a nettle that I found out things in the forest/woods can be unkind. After that, I was allergic to it all. I can say, however, that I have never looked as bad as dekalb.

 

[FFYez88]

"How do you find out if you're allergic?"

You'll know soon enough... I remember I was very surprised when I first "found out." I was in my 30s. Tromped through that stuff all my life. It wasn't until I came in contact with a nettle that I found out things in the forest/woods can be unkind. After that, I was allergic to it all. I can say, however, that I have never looked as bad as dekalb.

I thought it was just me... I've been in just about everything and now I have a case of poison oak.
Driving me crazy.... please tell me this is not something I have to look foward to after 30?
I'm Skeeered this stuff is about as bad as?? ummmm... dunno it sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[hollowpointred]

I think it's possible the pictures you posted are of poison oak instead of poison ivy. Not that it matters much as if your allergic to one you probably are to the other. Poison ivy where I was raised,(Minnesota) was a plant a foot or more high with clusters of three leaves with out the seareated looking edges, and it plagued me every summer of my childhood. Later in life I didn't recognize the vines that Climbed to the tops of trees I was falling in Tn. was poison oak. Where the sawdust was thrown back on my right Arm it looked like Dekalbs picture. Poison Oak is usually a vine and the leaves look like Holly and you can get from all parts, including roots and smoke and any tool or such that has contacted it. like a digging tool or metal detector. Food for thought...How do you find out if you're allergic?

na, thats poison ivy. another thing that sucks about poison ivy is that it can look so different from place to place, it can be hard to id it. sometimes it has little berries growing amongst it, sometimes the leaves are narrow, sometimes wider, sometimes the edges of the leaves have no notch, other times they do.the leaves can be shiney or not, green, brownish, reddish, it can grow like a vine or like a shrub. a couple things poisen ivy will never have is thorns on the stems, or a sawtooth edge on the leaves. you cant always go by the old three leaves thing because hundreds of harmless plants have three leaves as well. the best thing to do is to google poison ivy and look at all of the different pictures available. it gives you a fairly good idea of what to look for.

 

[lumbercamp]

Something really simple to stop the itch is hot water. Place the affected area under hot water,as hot as you can stand it , and the itch will go away. I discovered this years ago when my doctor told me that calamine lotion was no good for poisen ivy. This was when I missed a week of work with blisters between my fingers.

 

[EDDE]

OHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD Dekalb.....is that you? If so, did you take a bath in that stuff? Ouch...looks like you burnt your arms it's so red!!!!

nope im not as good looking

 

[LadyDigger]

Something really simple to stop the itch is hot water. Place the affected area under hot water,as hot as you can stand it , and the itch will go away. I discovered this years ago when my doctor told me that calamine lotion was no good for poisen ivy. This was when I missed a week of work with blisters between my fingers.

LOL...I was going to say that in my previous post...but forgot...I do agree...when I had it all over my body, the first time I got this nasty stuff, I would stand in HOT showers (I always take very HOT showers anyways)...and found "OH, What a relief it is"...kept me from getting itching for several hours and it felt so good having that HOT water falling on the affected areas. I found this out by accident. So before bed, I would take a very HOT shower and was able to sleep well and then again, first thing in the morning and in the beginning, about mid-day. Worked wonders for me.

I even did that oatmeal bath stuff....I did not like it and did not seem to work for me ...as for Calamine Lotion...I got tired of looking "Pink and Chalky"...so I get the clear stuff

OHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD Dekalb.....is that you? If so, did you take a bath in that stuff? Ouch...looks like you burnt your arms it's so red!!!!

nope im not as good looking

You're better looking, right?

 

[warthog steve]

my brother in law's wife got into it real bad while camping up north in Michigan last week-wound up in the hospital with it...

 

[Tabfry]

As a kid growing up in New England I got Poison Ivy often during the summer. I used to be HIGHLY allergic. So much so that, believe it or not, I contracted it during the winter while sledding on a hill where the snow was thin in spots. I went to the doctor when I had the typical signs of the stuff and he confirmed. I've lived in Washington now for about 18 years and have never run into the stuff. I've taken several trips back home and have gone fishing with my dad. Thankfully, I've not gotten a reaction while on vacation there. Musta grown out of it...

 

[spez401]

Here's some quick stats on Poison Ivy. 1 out of every 4 persons are allergic to urishiol, the oil that causes the rash. Of the 3 in 4 who are not allergic, there is a 95% chance that they will develop the allergy at some point in their life. So... the rule: Treat poison ivy like you're allergic to it.

I saw someone already posted the info about tecnu. (I put that in a previous tread a couple weeks ago). Tecnu makes 2 products: a cleanser and a barrier. The cleanser actually removes the oil and prevents you from getting the rash. you can apply it up to 8 hours after coming in contact with poison ivy/oak/sumac. It works great and i SWEAR by the stuff.

The barrier prevents oil from getting to the skin. You put it on before you go out, and wash it off when you return. heres a link for the product so you know what it looks like. you can get it at any local pharmacy.

http://www.benmeadows.com/search/eproduct.asp?R=130220&dept_id=11825&pf_id=1452

steve

 

[Tabfry]

I forgot to mention... One thing that I noticed is that a day up at Hampton Beach, NH seemed to help dry it out and clear it up a bit sooner. Maybe it was the salt water?

 

[spez401]

Oh yes... the salt water Definitely does help

 

[Charles Miller]

According to experts at the American Academy of Dermatology, approximately 85 percent of the human population will develop an allergic reaction to poison ivy, oak, or sumac if exposed to them. That's a lot more than I thought. That means I'm one of the 15% of those who are immune. Wow.

 

[spez401]

charles...
remember, you might be immune to it NOW, but the likelihood of you developing the allergy is pretty good.

My neighbor and I were talking over the fence one day, and he was saying how he was immune to poison ivy (he was standing next to a small patch at the time, and i pointed it out to him). I told him what i posted before... 1 in 4 are allergic right now, 95% chance that he can get it... etc. The moron actually reached down, pulled off a leaf and rubbed it on his arm. AFTER I TOLD HIM. Needless to say, when the rash broke out I didn't go over and gloat and say "I told ya so". I did however leave a bottle of the tecnu cleanser on his doorstep.

And come to think of it... he hasn't returned it yet. Damn neighbors...

steve

 

[LadyDigger]

Yea, so true...hubby says he is immuned to Poison Ivy...told him the same thing....does not mean you can't or won't catch it....He says "If I haven't gotton it by now (age 49), I won't ever get it"...Ok...we will see....

And when I told him he needed to pull up the ivy as I was afraid the boys would get it...his response "I'm immuned to it and so are they, they have my genes"...MEN (SLAP)...well, my boys got it and they get it bad!!! My dau gets it worse than my boys do!

Yea, it's those "cocky" ones (like my hubby)....in time...it will happen!!!!

Oh and hubby told me last night...when they went to that old town "Clover Hill Village" (recreation of an old town)...the man told him that he and his brother use to EAT Poison Ivy sandwiches!!! Said his mother had them do it and they never got it!! I told hubby, you even think about feeding those sandwiches to my boys, you won't reach your next birthday!!!! I said, "The oils from that ivy gets them on the inside and will tear them up...will wind up in the hospital!!"

I told him...YOU DO IT!! LOL

 

[Rowdy]

Here's some quick stats on Poison Ivy. 1 out of every 4 persons are allergic to urishiol, the oil that causes the rash. Of the 3 in 4 who are not allergic, there is a 95% chance that they will develop the allergy at some point in their life. So... the rule: Treat poison ivy like you're allergic to it.

I saw someone already posted the info about tecnu. (I put that in a previous tread a couple weeks ago). Tecnu makes 2 products: a cleanser and a barrier. The cleanser actually removes the oil and prevents you from getting the rash. you can apply it up to 8 hours after coming in contact with poison ivy/oak/sumac. It works great and i SWEAR by the stuff.

The barrier prevents oil from getting to the skin. You put it on before you go out, and wash it off when you return. heres a link for the product so you know what it looks like. you can get it at any local pharmacy.

http://www.benmeadows.com/search/eproduct.asp?R=130220&dept_id=11825&pf_id=1452

steve

Hmm, I wasn't aware of the barrier, just the cleanser. I'll have to pick some up. Incidentally, I one of those who started out immune, then developed the allergy, same with bee stings. Now, if it's green and viney, I avoid it!!!

 

[hollowpointred]

Here's some quick stats on Poison Ivy. 1 out of every 4 persons are allergic to urishiol, the oil that causes the rash. Of the 3 in 4 who are not allergic, there is a 95% chance that they will develop the allergy at some point in their life. So... the rule: Treat poison ivy like you're allergic to it.

I saw someone already posted the info about tecnu. (I put that in a previous tread a couple weeks ago). Tecnu makes 2 products: a cleanser and a barrier. The cleanser actually removes the oil and prevents you from getting the rash. you can apply it up to 8 hours after coming in contact with poison ivy/oak/sumac. It works great and i SWEAR by the stuff.

The barrier prevents oil from getting to the skin. You put it on before you go out, and wash it off when you return. heres a link for the product so you know what it looks like. you can get it at any local pharmacy.

http://www.benmeadows.com/search/eproduct.asp?R=130220&dept_id=11825&pf_id=1452

steve

Hmm, I wasn't aware of the barrier, just the cleanser. I'll have to pick some up. Incidentally, I one of those who started out immune, then developed the allergy, same with bee stings. Now, if it's green and viney, I avoid it!!!

i read somewhere that most people are born immune to poison ivy. its not until you come into contact with the oil several times that you develop a reaction to it. i guess that could explain why so many think they cant get it.