Poison Ivy!!!

[The Dad Fisherman]

Go to the doctor....get some Prednisone....it will clear it right up. Amazing Stuff

Just an FYI Poison Ivy doesn't spread because you open the sores. It may be getting worse because you still have the oil all over the handle of your Rod/Reel and everytime you go fishing your getting re-exposed to it. Scrub it down REAL good with soap and water. That stuff can stay on there for months even if it gets rinsed with fresh water

Poison Ivy is evil stuff.....unlike other things where the more you're exposed the less of a reaction you have, with poison ivy the more you're exposed the worse you're reaction will be.

[Raven]

when i first went to californai we had this big ole picnic
way up in pine valley....
and i met a whole bunch of relatives and their kids
so we were all having fun ..... ya know
and then it became time to play hide and seek...

so i hid right in poison OAK which is similar to
poison IVY ok except its a redish color instead.
looks like those poinsettias at christmas-time ...
all i had on was a pair of friggan shorts
so i caught poison IVY (oak) real real bad like on 85%
of my body and it was spreading fast. hospitalization????
there was no pregnazone in those days.

then i stumbled apon "brewer's yeast " a nutritional yeast
left over from making our favorite beverage....BEER!!
and i started taking it in ice cream milk shakes
wham bam thankyou mam...it turned that situation
around and within a week i was almost poison ivy free.
get it at you nearest health food store....
and any kid with acne - same deal - bye bye

so use anything ya want topically but give brewers yeast a try
......because it has all the B vitamins and works GREAT!

[maddog2020]

Prednisone dose pack - clears up the MEANEST stuff in a few days. Not something you want to take on a regular basis.

Now imagine breathing in the smoke from poison ivy bushes.

Yrs ago my Dad took a nap in a pile of poison oak - eyes swelled up so bad he couldn't see ....... still took a while for it to clear up - couldn't work for a good week or so. After that I made it a point to learn what the stuff looks like.

Here is a piece of info: poison ivy is one of the first plants that will grow in a newly disturbed/cut down area. So that means when you see the sides of the highway cleared or the brush around your favorite swimming/fishing hole - user beware.

Co-workers hubby got it on his genitals when he was going to the bathroom (his wife STILL calls him itchy...... lol, she wouldn't let him near her for months afterwards?!).

Some people can eat the stuff and it doesn't bother them. I wish I could do that. I wish I could drink alcohol as well - another curse I was born with. (my mom and her dad are the only two who can drink).

Yeast is amazing stuff - lots of nutrients in it: IF you can get past the smell & taste....lol.

[beamie]

Third vote for Prednisone, clears it up fast. I'm on it right now for the Ivy too.......it su*cks bad.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by maddog2020

Yeast is amazing stuff - lots of nutrients in it: IF you can get past the smell & taste....lol.

well personally i like the taste of it...and of course theres two kinds
the flakes that are like real thin and stir into milk easier than the powder and make that 1% milk taste like whole milk again.

the powder usually has a jacked up price i've found too.

the healing power of it is absolutely amazing.
it's my go to medicine (super food) for anything skin related.

[Slingah]

I hate that stuff....paint thinner works too.....get the steroid (prednisone)
righty
I ve had it everywhere...seem to be immune now though

[striperjerk1]

ive,d use lye soap. works for me.
i hate poison ivy.

[missing link]

OK RM, listen to me all I have to do is look at that SH!T and I get it
Make a paste of EPSON SALT and water and apply with a cotton ball to affected aera, it gets all cakey and stuff the itch goes away and it will go away in a couple or three days your infected skin will get scaley and dry but it works for me. As a matter of fact I just got over a case of that . Cheap remedy kind of messy , you can go the prednazone(STERIOD) routine for the 5 day regime of med's .
Hey give it a shot screw the Doc all they want is the co-pay
go to CVS and get the EPSON salt
oh yea don't scratch your family jewells
THE MISSING LINK

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Slingah

I hate that stuff....paint thinner works too.....get the steroid (prednisone)
righty
I ve had it everywhere...seem to be immune now though

so much for being immune...all I did was look at it and I got it

[Raven]

slingah .... if i even look at it,
i have it the next day...

it's like i have to have a silver cross and
walk backwards chanting the holy scripture.

thats why i know so much about healing skin
because it sure likes my scottish (scandinavian)
white skin
i guess.