Medrol dose pack. Dries it up like mcpapa's jokes.

Medrol dose pack. Dries it up like mcpapa's jokes.

 

Yeeeeahhh buddy! That's my bread and butter. :thumb:

Knock on wood, I've never had it so I don't think I am allergic to it. I know I've been in it before because there have been people who have been in the same places I have and in turn was ate up with it and I get nothing. I also know what it looks like and know that I've been around it a bunch and never have broken out. Hope this doesn't change because I've been around people with some severe poison ivy outbreaks and it doesn't look fun.

I wish I had a picture of my hand when I had poison ivy about 2 years ago now. It was crazy. I had a leaf that somehow got in my work glove. My hand was so swollen for weeks, it looked bubonic.

2) If you think you've been in contact with poison ivy, clean yourself with undiluted bleach - straight out of the bottle. It does a GOOD job of minimizing the damage.

 

:thumb: My in-laws are very sensitive to poison ivy. Painful to watch them rub on the bleach but they swear it works!

:thumb: My in-laws are very sensitive to poison ivy. Painful to watch them rub on the bleach but they swear it works!

 

Always works for me, burns like no other at times, but it drys it up, and kills the itch.

I've only had poison ivy once, to my knowledge. I was 18 and spending the summer with my grandmother, and I decided to clear out an area of her yard and plant flowers for her. I worked all day in the heat, and kept wiping sweat off my face and out of my eyes. I wound up with poison ivy all over my face and in my eyes. I couldn't even see. I wound up having to go to the hosptial and was prescribed steroids. That's when my mother likes to say I grew a pair.

Went to the doc today for a steroid shot and steroid prescription. I know the crap will go way but hopefully this will expedite things.

Went to the doc today for a steroid shot and steroid prescription. I know the crap will go way but hopefully this will expedite things.

 

It will...believe me.

I had never been allergic until about 5 years ago. I got it so bad while gardening that I couldn't attend a friend's wedding, because I too closely resembled the Elephant Man. :lol:

 

Steroid shot is the miracle cure. When I got mine a couple of years ago I was simply amazed at how fast and well it worked.

 

I have never had a problem with it until now. I got some on Saturday while helping a friend with weeding. It seems like it is spreading. Can't sleep.

I'll give it another day or so to clear up, then I'm going for the steroids.

 

But I still cannot identify the plant!

One problem with poison ivy is the oil can live a very long time (weeks) on your gloves, shoes, tools, etc. You can end up re-contracting it over and over without realizing it.

 

I have suffered from it my whole life. When I was a kid I used to keep it literally all summer in one stage or another. Bleach helps with the itching and dries it up. I used to mix granulated chlorine (intended for our pool) with water until I had a paste. Then I would scratch the ivy blisters until they were open and running and then pack that chlorine paste onto them. I would leave it on there as long as I could stand it and when I washed it off, it would dry up and crust over and the itching would basically end.

 

That may not be an accepted medical treatment :idunno:, but it worked for me.

One problem with poison ivy is the oil can live a very long time (weeks) on your gloves, shoes, tools, etc. You can end up re-contracting it over and over without realizing it.

 

I have suffered from it my whole life. When I was a kid I used to keep it literally all summer in one stage or another. Bleach helps with the itching and dries it up. I used to mix granulated chlorine (intended for our pool) with water until I had a paste. Then I would scratch the ivy blisters until they were open and running and then pack that chlorine paste onto them. I would leave it on there as long as I could stand it and when I washed it off, it would dry up and crust over and the itching would basically end.

 

That may not be an accepted medical treatment :idunno:, but it worked for me.

 

 

Thats what we did at the plant nursery, worked great at getting rid of the itch, if you can stand the chlorine burn. ouch.

I used to be super allergic to it when I was younger. So bad that if the neighbor across the street was trimming his fence line and I was outside, I'd get it. Didn't even have to touch it. There were several instances when I had to get steroid shots, and that worked like a charm. The first time I got a shot, I was young enough to think that the steroid shots were going to make my muscles big. I was devastated when my mom explained they weren't that kind of steroid. :lol2:

I have never had a problem with it until now. I got some on Saturday while helping a friend with weeding. It seems like it is spreading. Can't sleep.

I'll give it another day or so to clear up, then I'm going for the steroids.

 

But I still cannot identify the plant!

 

 

Poison Ivy is always a trifoliate plant, meaning leaves always grow in groups of three. "Leaves of three, let it be." The leaves are shaped generally as an ovate (an oval with a point on one side). The center leaf usually has 1-3 margins (notches) on each side, and the two side leaves each have 1-3 notches occurring on one side only. The picture above is a very typical example of what it looks like. It has tiny greenish-yellow clusters of flowers at times, and also bears small greenish-yellow berry clusters. It can grow immediately on the ground surface, it can stand up on shots up to 18" above the ground surface, and it can climb as a vine. It also turns a pretty red/orange color in the fall.

NOT POISON IVY

 

 

People often confuse Boston Ivy with Poison Ivy. The most defining features of Boston Ivy are that its leaves have a darker red color in the fall, the leaves bear more vein texture than Poison Ivy, and the leaves have more margins (notches) than Poison Ivy leaves do.