damn poison ivy

[niko]

I'm covered in it. all over my face and 1 eye is closing a little. spent the am yesterday at the er getting steroids and being checked out. you would have thought i was rolling around in the stuff. damn vile weed.

[PRBuzz]

That's not poison ivy, it an allergic reaction to TOG SLIME!

Personally I prefer poison Oak. Nothing like those massive liquid filled blisters you get. Luckily I haven't had a bout with either ivy/oak since being a young teen.

[ProfessorM]

Stinks. I got a little right now too, from raking I'm pretty sure. I get it real easy but have never had it bad enough to go thru what you are going thru.

[basswipe]

I feel for you.I know what its like.

[maddog2020]

Better safe than sorry - go see a doctor!

I had a skin infection on my shin that I thought was some poison ivy! Next time I will be careful picking at something on my shin that I was wondering if it was a tick or not after handling a bunch of freshwater fish! Darn ointment was about almost $45.

Be careful because the oils from the PI could still be on your clothes you had on. If you have a dog or cat that goes outside - those furry beasts can give you PI, too.

If it is PI -> Prednisone dose pack is the quickest way to clear it up. I had to take it about 3-4 times me life so far.

[Raven]

it leaches the B vitamins right out of your body
lickety split.... muy pronto ie rapido .........gonzo ...lol

and that is what gives you a hangover as well........

now you can rely solely on the medicine, which works i'm sure

or you can double up the healing power of your skin

by replenishing those crucial B-Vitamins by making yourself

some brewers yeast milk shakes and flood your body
with the skin healing power of the b vitamins real fast.

brewers yeast has every single B-Vitamin in it except for B-12
which you have to get from meat or mushrooms...

i learned about this after accidentally hiding in poison OAK
out west....
that had red leaves ........so i didn't know what the hell it was

it turned that sheet completely around in 3 days man

when all these fancy medications were not even available.
~ .........
and while were on the subject: MOSQUITO'S HATE vitamin B-1

so when you take brewers yeast on a regular basis they hover
and maybe land but never dip their blood s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g straw in you
because you no longer taste good to them....

they are attracted to people who drink alcohol regularly

it's a bag of GOLD

[FishermanTim]

Also keep in mind that the oil of the plant is active all year long, so even though the leaves may be gone, the vine still carries on the task.

[JohnnyD]

I've been pretty fortunate - only ever had a slight rash from it. Even when I was in high school and landscaped for 4 summers, never more than a small patch.

However, that small patch drove me insane with the itch. Here's hoping you rid of it quickly