Anyone here ever had poison ivy ? Does it start out as very small red bumps on the skin that itch and spread ? I was upstate this past Sunday flying my rc helicopter at my brothers place and I might have contacted poison ivy up there. Lots of all different kinds of plants up there at this time of year. In any event I am going to check with my doctor just to make sure. If it is poiuson ivy then I now have yet another reason to hate summer. ;)
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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Itchy, it seems.Originally Posted by KG4NEL
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Quick test. Are you itching and scratching to the pointyou have drawn blood? Was it actually painfull or just itchy? It's been the better part of a week is it still bothering you? If you can answer yes to these then you might have poison ivy.
Rule of thumb: Leaves of three, let it be. Not all poison ivy has three leaves but the majority do. It can be a little bush or a wandering vine. Good luck
Some people are more susceptible than others, andsome like me are immune.
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My answer is yes to all the above. At first the rash started as little colorless bumps but now they are red and some are broken open. As a teenager I has poison ivy and now it looks and feels like what I remember. I have been taking Benadryl so the itching is not so bad now. And I now think I know where I got it. At the front of the house there is a slope with a patch of weeds. I often stop to rest there and look at the sky. I noticed a small plant with notched triplets of leaves right there. That might be the evil weed.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
For some people, repeated exposure to the toxic oil can remove the immunity over time. Ask me how I know about this.
We don't have poison ivy out here, only poison oak, but the difference is academic. It's pretty much the same thing when you get it on you.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Yep the three to avoid. Growing up in LA (Lower Alabama aka Florida Panhandle) I never remember getting any of those as a kid. I went to college and got my Civil Engineering license in the state and never had a problem with any. When we had to cut through a thicket and this stuff was around, I always took the lead and hacked through so the others wouldn't get et up! Maybe they wanted me to flush out the gators?
For some people, repeated exposure to the toxic oil can remove the immunity over time. Ask me how I know about this.
We don't have poison ivy out here, only poison oak, but the difference is academic. It's pretty much the same thing when you get it on you.
"Don't put it on the plate if you can't eat it!"
This chick:
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Yeah, I'd do 'er...after I dunked her in a vat of calamine lotion.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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