Freakin poison ivy

[PJ_Godzilla]

Strange how some are bothered by poison ivey and some are not.


Hope you recover soon.

 Iseem to be immune - and many others are as well. The thing is, just as is the case with allergies, you can acquire or lose Poison Ivy sensitivity. That's why, no matter what, it's never good to play with it.

Of course, getting it into a cut or breathing burned Ivy leaves is potentially fatal.

As for Raptor's fatuous assessment of stupidity, I'd offer that they choose to be because others enable the choice. Does that make any sense? It should.

[VonMessa]

Don't forget to wash your hands after scratching and BEFORE handling your "business"  

Old stand-by around here is (authentic) lye soap http://www.felsnaptha.com/ or a soak in the tub with some bleach (about a cup or two per tubful)

[TequilaChaser]

at least none of ya'll never had to deal with it like the incident I had when I had just turned 16 and got my drivers license.....

We went cruising, me and my friend met his cousin  Roxanne and 2 other girls.... one of the girls ( Roxanne, my friend's cousin she was ) was flirting with me and I her so we decided to go drive and meet at
the park....... well Roxanne and I headed off down a walking path and laid down between some trees and a picnic table out of the parks lights..... it was dark and kind of hard to see, but the ground was soft and cushony.....

anyhow.... a week later I am calling up my friend and drove to his house, freaking out, and telling him his cousin gave me some damn disease.......... and his Mom and him
started telling me that his cosin's Mom and Cousin had been calling him and telling him the same thing.....

ROFL...... thank God we figured out we was laying in a poison oak patch........ I mean my face and my lower area was swollen and itching , the same with her. ROFL.....

that incident really made me take notice from that time on !!!     don't laugh to hard now, and turn your head away from your monitor 


TC

[mbailey]

at least none of ya'll never had to deal with it like the incident I had when I had just turned 16 and got my drivers license.....

We went cruising, me and my friend met his cousin  Roxanne and 2 other girls.... one of the girls ( Roxanne, my friend's cousin she was ) was flirting with me and I her so we decided to go drive and meet at
the park....... well Roxanne and I headed off down a walking path and laid down between some trees and a picnic table out of the parks lights..... it was dark and kind of hard to see, but the ground was soft and cushony.....

anyhow.... a week later I am calling up my friend and drove to his house, freaking out, and telling him his cousin gave me some damn disease.......... and his Mom and him
started telling me that his cosin's Mom and Cousin had been calling him and telling him the same thing.....

ROFL...... thank God we figured out we was laying in a poison oak patch........ I mean my face and my lower area was swollen and itching , the same with her. ROFL.....

that incident really made me take notice from that time on !!!     don't laugh to hard now, and turn your head away from your monitor 


TC

  Winner!!!

[PJ_Godzilla]

Winner!!!

Actually, it was his wiener twas the winner - of both the fair Roxanne and a case of post-party rash.

[Becinhu]

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!!!!

[5anders]

Best poison ivy story I've ever heard TC. 

[Shuffler]

I'm one of the lucky ones who isn't allergic to it either. My wife, however, is very allergic so I still have to wash real good after messing around in the yard.

And shuffled if I remember correctly it's basically an allergic reaction caused by the oiit on the leafs. Unfortunately most folks are sensitive to it.

Your correct about the oil.

[c H e F]

I used to get it every year as a kid.  One time I had it so bad my eyes swelled shut for two days.  Haven't had it now in over 20 years. 

From teh dark side:

Eye's swollen shut? You know that was your dad beating you for going into the woods without permission.
As it is with head trauma you just can't remember.
To avoid social services taking you confiscating you, he spread PI over your face.
 

[Killer91]

Same here.  I can roll in the stuff and not have an issue.  My brother seems to get it if he comes within a few yards of the plant though.

Thats exactly how me and my brother are. I've actually rubbed a poison ivy plant between my hands so it would break it up and then rubbed it on my arms and it had absolutely no affect on me. My brother on the other hand is like yours. Just has to pass by it and he gets it. lol

[druski85]

That's a fantastic story, TC.  

One of my old colleagues used to go on marathon adventures up and down the east coast, mainly sticking on or near the Appalachian Trail.  During one of his summer cross-country trips, he found himself biking through the very hilly north-central region of PA.  That day, he had covered some major distance and was physically exhausted.  As light faded quickly it started to lightly rain, and instead of trying to make the next hotel he decided in his somewhat delusional state that the protected gully just off the road would do just as well.  Five minutes and a chug of water later, he was asleep on the ground.  

Two hours later, he woke up to realize he was laying in a bed of poison ivy, and was a knowledgeable enough woodsman to know it even in the dark.  It was still raining and he was still exhausted, and he knew full well that it was too late; back to sleep he went.

Two days later when I saw him he was covered nearly head to toe in the nastiest rash I've ever encountered.  Poor guy could barely function for almost a week.  Always look before you lie!  

[c H e F]

I read with horror the numerous suggestions to use bleach on a poison ivy blister. I took this advice from someone and boy was I sorry. I used a Q-tip and rubbed clorox bleach on the itchy little bump on my wrist. The next morning I woke up to a wrist full of huge, oozing, blisters. Those blisters grew and thousands of tiny blisters joined the gang and soon I had blisters on my chest, stomach, and thighs. After seeing the dermatologist, he told me it had gotten into my blood stream and spread. It took many weeks of medications and soaking the affected areas before my blisters cleared up. I would not recommend using bleach.
--"C. Gallant" (gallant1@NOSPAMpeoplepc.com) submitted 6/Jul/2003

I was thinking about some of the chemicals & salves for poison ivy.... like paint thinner, var sol, chlorine, alcohol, gasoline, toluene, benzine, phosgene, DDT & Alar, liquid nitrogen, Sarin, sulfuric acid, borane, T&Z-Stoff, uranium 232...and duct tape  etc.
 and who knows what else people "have on hand" in their backyard Los Alamos shed to conjure up. You can hear the stories at the Los Ojos Bar. 

ME163 Komet Fuel would work too!!: T-Stoff "The volatile fuel could dissolve the flesh of pilots & ground crew in a matter of seconds. The pilot's flight suit, boots, underwear and gloves are made of a non-organic, nylon-like material. Clothing made of organic material like cotton would burst into flames on contact with the fuel."

Back to debbie-downer reality tho, what can be happening is that these aggressive substances simply temporarily scorch nerve endings....
and therefore anecdotal relief is "miraculous".

Opening up the blisters must be done with great care, if at all as blood poisoning is possible.

I used to get PI but long since decided a safe regimen: immediately remove any contaminated garment, immediately rinse/wash from a cooler or hose, dive in a lake or stream,  or  take the coldest showers soon as possible to close off skin pores from vulnerability.

[DREDIOCK]

I was totally serious about the lye soap idea. I've had poison oak and it was miserable. I got a touch of poison ivy last summer in Louisiana. The lye soap got rid of the oil off of my skin in one washing. When I did get the reaction, I am allergic to the damn stuff, I did the old tyme remedy. I used the lye soap again. I soaped up the area a second time and did not rinse it off. It took out the itch better than the calamine lotion and linocaine ointment. The nice thing is if you have a bar of the soap you just wet it a little bit and rub it on the skin irritation. It heals up very fast.

You are exactly correct. That is the tried and true old time remedy.

Gotta remember though when you use a soap for poison ivy,oak etc. To not use the perfumed soaps as they have oils in them that will only help to spread the condition. Any of those old granny all purpose soaps will do though. I used to carry a bar of octagon with my camping gear when I was a kid

[5anders]

I was thinking about some of the chemicals & salves for poison ivy.... like paint thinner, var sol, chlorine, alcohol, gasoline, toluene, benzine, phosgene, DDT & Alar, liquid nitrogen, Sarin, sulfuric acid, borane, T&Z-Stoff, uranium 232...and duct tape  etc.
 and who knows what else people "have on hand" in their backyard Los Alamos shed to conjure up. You can hear the stories at the Los Ojos Bar. 

ME163 Komet Fuel would work too!!: T-Stoff "The volatile fuel could dissolve the flesh of pilots & ground crew in a matter of seconds. The pilot's flight suit, boots, underwear and gloves are made of a non-organic, nylon-like material. Clothing made of organic material like cotton would burst into flames on contact with the fuel."

Back to debbie-downer reality tho, what can be happening is that these aggressive substances simply temporarily scorch nerve endings....
and therefore anecdotal relief is "miraculous".

Opening up the blisters must be done with great care, if at all as blood poisoning is possible.

I used to get PI but long since decided a safe regimen: immediately remove any contaminated garment, immediately rinse/wash from a cooler or hose, dive in a lake or stream,  or  take the coldest showers soon as possible to close off skin pores from vulnerability.

Different strokes for different folks, bleach clears it up for me and doesn't give me any other problems so I'll probably keep on keepin' on.

[Meatwad]

Freakin crap is still spreading, its gotta have some residual somewhere but dont know where it is. Doused about everything I know of in rubbing alcohol


And the part about getting it where it dont belong...........yeah........ .....