poison ivy - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

UserRemoved · 07-01-2011, 07:43 AM

Technu cream At cvs/walgreens/home depot x
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Circlehook · 07-01-2011, 07:58 AM

Saltwater/sunburn will clear it up in a day.

Lay out in the sun for a few hours and wade into the water every so often - no sunblock. It will be dried out by the next day.

Chubby-Chaser · 07-01-2011, 08:29 AM

Glog,

Did you run the warrior dash? I ran it Saturday and have poison ivy on my legs.

Technu is the best over the counter for it, if its real bad head to the Dr for the good stuff.

Slim

Clogston29 · 07-01-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Reyalpwena

Glog,

Did you run the warrior dash? I ran it Saturday and have poison ivy on my legs.

Technu is the best over the counter for it, if its real bad head to the Dr for the good stuff.

Slim

yes. i ran sunday.

going to be tough to get to the doctor's over the holiday weekend. will get the technu and throw some extra shock in the pool and spend some time in there. i put bleach on it once when i was younger and it worked, but hurt and probably isn't all that healthy.

maybe i'll take some of my dog's prednizone, the wife would (a nurse) would love that.

OLD GOAT · 07-01-2011, 10:22 AM

Spend a sunny day walking along a saltwater beach getting your legs wet and the best part is you can beach fish at the same time.
The fishing will help take some of the pain away

paradoxjim · 07-01-2011, 10:28 AM

I've always washed it with a lye soap such as Fels Naptha or Octogon - old, brown bar soaps. It really helps dry it out and diminishes the itchiness. I also use the spray version of Benadryl on it. If you can tolerate the stickiness, it does cut out the itchies. Good luck.

JamesJet · 07-01-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by paradoxjim

I've always washed it with a lye soap such as Fels Naptha or Octogon - old, brown bar soaps. It really helps dry it out and diminishes the itchiness. I also use the spray version of Benadryl on it. If you can tolerate the stickiness, it does cut out the itchies. Good luck.

I agree with the DR, Technu and the Fels Naptha. its in teh laundry isle at stop and shop. In fact you can make a pste and leave it on there.

Chubby-Chaser · 07-01-2011, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

yes. i ran sunday.

going to be tough to get to the doctor's over the holiday weekend. will get the technu and throw some extra shock in the pool and spend some time in there. i put bleach on it once when i was younger and it worked, but hurt and probably isn't all that healthy.

maybe i'll take some of my dog's prednizone, the wife would (a nurse) would love that.

What did you think of the course, aside from the mud

Clogston29 · 07-02-2011, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Reyalpwena

What did you think of the course, aside from the mud

It was fun. I expected harder obstacles. Mud was a bit over the top.
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toaster816 · 07-02-2011, 07:58 AM

Another vote for steroids and anitbiotics. Last summer I tried to "wait it out". Bad choice, by the time I finally caved in and went to the doc I was covered from head to toe (including the one area where you DO NOT want it). Had scars all winter that just went away.

The meds clears it up really quick.

Raven · 07-02-2011, 08:00 AM

remember:
one last thing about healing your skin....

your body definitly requires vitamin B to do the job

unfortunately
alcohol leaches vitamin B right out of your system
and is one of the big causes of a hangover
(the rest is due to "beverage of choice" impurities)

Brewers yeast (the nutritional yeast)
is very helpful in this regard and that is how
i discovered it.... actually, as it turned the tide of the
poison ivy infection around in two days so that it was
rapidly retreating

as good as the steroids work.

or eat some banana's as Karl likes to say

MikeToole · 07-10-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Circlehook

Saltwater/sunburn will clear it up in a day.

Lay out in the sun for a few hours and wade into the water every so often - no sunblock. It will be dried out by the next day.

I'll go with this. My Dad used to poison ivy bad and sun and ocean would take care of it faster than anything else.

Sweetwater · 07-01-2011, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Saltys

Technu cream At cvs/walgreens/home depot x
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I'm highly allergic and Technu is excellent. I use the soap and shower with it if I think I've been exposed or after I get a rash and it works great. If you already have the rash, you will notice it gets a bit better every day after you use it.

HESH2 · 07-01-2011, 09:53 AM

tecknu is like everyone said aside from the dr. the best.remember to wash your stuff your were wearing to get rid of posin ivy oils.good luck .

timmah · 07-01-2011, 10:02 AM

Swimming in a highly chlorinated pool alway helped clear it up for me pretty quickly. I used to get it so bad as a kid just from looking at it. A couple times I had it in my throat and eyes from brush fires. Eyes completely swollen shut and oozing. When i turned 21 I got hay fever allergies and never got poison ivy again.