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Posted on 4/19/25 at 8:55 pm to gsvar2004
I got into some on April 1st and I’m still itching like crazy. I just turned 60 and this is the longest I’ve ever had to deal with it. I got a steroid shot that helped a little. I didn’t think I really got that much on me.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 8:59 pm to gsvar2004
As an amateur botanist I've had 3 people tell me they were not allergic to it and to prove it they rubbed their arms or hands with it. All 3 got terrible rashes. My advice is if you're not allergic to it, never tell anyone.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:09 pm to gsvar2004
Was never allergic to it. Then thought I was immune so I started handling it a lot. Became allergic, now it’s really bad if I’m around it. Weird how that happens.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:09 pm to rooster108bm
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A friend of mine who wasn't allergic burned some in the back yard and it damn near killed him.
Same here. Stayed in woods as a teenager. Hunting, riding dirt bikes, burying bodies, ect. Wasn’t until I cut and burned some bushes full of poison ivy on the edge of my property in my 30s. Inhaled smoke and it came out everywhere. Bad. Now I stay away from it.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:12 pm to LanierSpots
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Take it from a life time guy who can get it by seeing it on TV
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Go get a shot when you see you have it
This is the answer
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:16 pm to gsvar2004
Wish my poison ivy allergy would hurry up and change because when I get it it’s fricking miserable.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:18 pm to gsvar2004
My parent's gardener said the only thing that poison ivy did to him was made his prick swell... I was like
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:26 pm to minimal
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Knew a guy that ate himself into a peanut allergy from m&m habit
If that were the case half the kids I went to school with in the late 70’s would be allergic to peanuts because most of them would eat a peanut butter sandwich everyday for lunch when we were in middle school.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:28 pm to JumpingTheShark
My mother had a cousin who was in the navy and was on a ship out to sea, his mother, who had poison ivy rash at the time, wrote him a letter and he broke out in a rash after handling the letter. That stuff is no fun when allergic to it.
I never had it as a little kid but after high school I got a job with the forest service on a survey crew. I had a small cut on my arm and I guess that’s how my allergies started by getting in that cut. I get it anytime I contact it now, mostly on my forearms and hands. Running hot water on helps relieve the itching somewhat.
I never had it as a little kid but after high school I got a job with the forest service on a survey crew. I had a small cut on my arm and I guess that’s how my allergies started by getting in that cut. I get it anytime I contact it now, mostly on my forearms and hands. Running hot water on helps relieve the itching somewhat.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:32 pm to gsvar2004
Never gotten the big blisters, but was about 30 years old cleaning up hurricane damage when I got patches of small red bumps on my legs. That was the first time ever after a lifetime of playing outdoors.
Still have minor scarring that isn't visible, but can feel it more than a decade later.
Still have minor scarring that isn't visible, but can feel it more than a decade later.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:03 pm to gsvar2004
I got more allergic to it in my 40s. Get that paste that you rub into your skin to remove the traces of oil.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:18 pm to gsvar2004
Yes.
My whole life I could bathe in poison ivy and nothing ever happened. Over 35 and now allergic to it
My whole life I could bathe in poison ivy and nothing ever happened. Over 35 and now allergic to it
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:21 pm to LanierSpots
quote:Yes, out of nowhere I became hyper sensitive to poison ivy or oak. The ONLY thing that works for me anymore and I go right to the the clinic at the first sign I got some poison oak or ivy on me to get a shot and and a few days of steroid pills.
Just go to the doc and get the steroid shot
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:21 pm to LanierSpots
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Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:09 pm to Kafka
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You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion
Underrated comment. Found the only other Coasters fan??
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:50 pm to gsvar2004
Developed eczema for the first time in my life a few months ago.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:56 pm to gsvar2004
Yes.
As a kid, I played in it without trouble. I hit 50 and the slightest touch will cause what look like 3rd degree burns and several days of misery.
Be careful!
As a kid, I played in it without trouble. I hit 50 and the slightest touch will cause what look like 3rd degree burns and several days of misery.
Be careful!
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:59 pm to gsvar2004
Yes, happened to me last year when I was 40. Had no clue what it was until a few days in. Luckily it was only 2 small areas.
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Posted on 4/20/25 at 12:20 am to gsvar2004
I’ve spent my entire life in the woods and never had any issues with poison ivy but got it bad for the 1st time at 25. I just think I had never come in contact with it or developed on allergy once I got into my 20’s.
I’ve had it bad a few times in my life and a couple of years ago I got it and left the country and thought it would be fine without steroids.
shite ended up getting nasty as frick
I’ve had it bad a few times in my life and a couple of years ago I got it and left the country and thought it would be fine without steroids.
shite ended up getting nasty as frick
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 12:22 am
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