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re: Poison Ivy again
Posted on 11/1/16 at 7:47 pm to LSUfan20005
Posted on 11/1/16 at 7:47 pm to LSUfan20005
Shaving face yay or nay
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Posted on 11/1/16 at 7:56 pm to Chad504boy
Learn how it looks. I am very allergic but only had it once in about 10 years cause I know its going to be on ground in the woods and up nearly every tree.
Its variable in leaf shape and also can look like a branch of a tree when it gets really large.
Its variable in leaf shape and also can look like a branch of a tree when it gets really large.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 10:00 pm to Chad504boy
The sap can stay on clothes up to a year and still infect you.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 10:10 pm to Chad504boy
While I wouldn't use it on my face or junk, I learned long ago that bleach works the best. Scrub with soap until the blisters break, pour bleach on it. Dries it out in no time.
Learned it 20 years ago from a park ranger and have been doing it ever since.
Learned it 20 years ago from a park ranger and have been doing it ever since.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 11:35 pm to Chad504boy
I heard that spraying with brake cleaner will get rid of it.
I tried it last time I got it. I do not recommend.
I tried it last time I got it. I do not recommend.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:33 am to Tiger4Liberty
Bleach does work but it also burns like fire, so if you try it be prepared for that. I've gotten it my whole life. Only once was it bad enough to not be knocked out by bleach. There's a product called Ivarest that works really well for anti-itch and drying it up too. I haven't bought it in awhile but I think you can get it at CVS.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 11:09 am to Chad504boy
Everytime you get out the woods use zanfels on any exposed skin as soon as you can after exposure. I am highly allergic and this keeps my poison ivy to only once a year.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 12:33 pm to 9th Green At 9
quote:
Currently taking a Z-pack to remove thy itch
Z-pack is antibiotics, you need steroids. A 5-day Medrol dose pack can help, as someone mentioned above, but for bad poison ivy most need a longer course of steroids - up to two weeks and then slowly wean off. With my last attack I took steroids for 5 days and was better, then it rebounded just as bad when I stopped. Had to get back on steroids for full two weeks.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 12:34 pm to Chad504boy
I have similar stories as other posters. Never got it as a kid. Got it awful a month ago. Scalding hot water to burn that shite was the cure that worked for me.
Posted on 11/2/16 at 1:35 pm to dcw7g
He is prob referring to a steroid dose pack
Posted on 11/3/16 at 1:32 pm to Tigerpaw123
quote:Had to go back and look at the pack. That is what I was taking. Thanks.
hopefully you have that confused with a med drol dose pack which is steroids and will knock it on it's arse
Posted on 11/3/16 at 1:47 pm to Chad504boy
Damn, I got it last week, second time in my life, first time was over 20 years ago. I figured I became immune to it.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 6:14 pm to Tiger4Liberty
Yep - to bleach.
Have always gotten the stuff and for over a decade and half was a 120+ day a year rock climbing whitewater paddler....meaning I got several cases from sprint to fall. At first notice or known exposure wash twice with Dawn Liquid. And then a good bleach/washcloth scrubbing about three times over next 2 days seemed to do wonders. Caution: some people do not tolerate bleach well - if so flush w/plenty of water afterwards... however I usually choose to let the bleach remain on for a while.
Have always gotten the stuff and for over a decade and half was a 120+ day a year rock climbing whitewater paddler....meaning I got several cases from sprint to fall. At first notice or known exposure wash twice with Dawn Liquid. And then a good bleach/washcloth scrubbing about three times over next 2 days seemed to do wonders. Caution: some people do not tolerate bleach well - if so flush w/plenty of water afterwards... however I usually choose to let the bleach remain on for a while.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 6:18 pm to Tiger4Liberty
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While I wouldn't use it on my face or junk, I learned long ago that bleach works the best. Scrub with soap until the blisters break, pour bleach on it. Dries it out in no time. Learned it 20 years ago from a park ranger and have been doing it ever since.
Was coming to post this. I use a dry washcloth to scrub the hell out of it until the blisters rupture then pour chlorox on it. Burns like F'ing fire, but after a few seconds of burn the itch and blisters are gone forever.
Posted on 11/3/16 at 6:36 pm to GRIZZ
Bought a like tube of wash, clearing up on face a bit but I got a bad swollen eye getting more swollen
Posted on 11/3/16 at 6:43 pm to Chad504boy
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:13 am to rsbd
Eye dang near swollen shut this morning, at urgent care now
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:40 am to Chad504boy
Plantain is one of the best kept secrets out there for curing poison ivy, insect bites, etc. It grows wild and it WORKS. Big Pharma won't admit it nor advertise this fact, however. What do you think native Americans and settlers used for poison ivy? A plantain poultice works. I've used it, fixed it for my neighbors and friends. And it's free. Here's the link: LINK
Posted on 11/4/16 at 9:23 am to Chad504boy
quote:Were you humping a tree?
trunk of junk, balls,
Posted on 11/4/16 at 9:25 am to Chad504boy
Had it on my sack last year. Sack looked like a damn cantelope. I bathe is some shite i bought thats basically like gojo w the pumice in it. Havent had it since
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