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[Gordon Gould]

I've only gotten poison ivory a couple times. And it was very minor. Knock on wood. When I was just a kid, 3rd grade or so, my older sister used to get it easily. One time so bad that she had to stay home from school. I remember I went out by the RR tracks and rubbed it all over my arms thinking it would get me a day out of school too. Nothing happened. I was disappointed. When I asked my mother how come I didn't get it she went wild.


Today was nice and breezy - a good day to split wood. Hope to be done by Memorial day.

gg

 

[WinterDeere]

I'm no longer badly sensitive as I was a couple decades ago.

That's interesting, and what you'd expect for most allergic reactions, exposure builds immunity. But poison ivy is usually reported to go the other way, exposure seems to increase sensitivity over time.

I actually managed to get systemic poison ivy poisoning once, about 15 years ago. It came from burning large batches of 3" and 4" diameter vines early one spring, and I guess getting too close to the oil-laden smoke. I had never had poison ivy, thought I was totally immune to it, but I guess there's a limit to any type of immunity. I ended up with a rash all over my body, which re-appeared every time I'd sweat, for more than a year.

After the initial outbreak cleared up, it would only re-appear everywhere that was covered with clothing, but never on exposed areas. So, my whole torso was affected, but never my face, arms, or legs (in summer).

 

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That's interesting, and what you'd expect for most allergic reactions, exposure builds immunity. But poison ivy is usually reported to go the other way, exposure seems to increase sensitivity over time.

I actually managed to get systemic poison ivy poisoning once, about 15 years ago. It came from burning large batches of 3" and 4" diameter vines early one spring, and I guess getting too close to the oil-laden smoke. I had never had poison ivy, thought I was totally immune to it, but I guess there's a limit to any type of immunity. I ended up with a rash all over my body, which re-appeared every time I'd sweat, for more than a year.

After the initial outbreak cleared up, it would only re-appear everywhere that was covered with clothing, but never on exposed areas. So, my whole torso was affected, but never my face, arms, or legs (in summer).

Yeah everything authoritative (not woo-woo net stuff if you get my drift) says you only get worse, but my entire life through the first 10-15 years living here I would get much-of-body rashes despite doing everything I could to avoid the stuff. I can't pinpoint the change, but at this point I deliberately wade into the stuff and yank it out, often just wearing a t-shirt, and while I get the occasional patch of rash there's nothing remotely like what I used to get, and I can mostly ignore it now too, it just doesn't itch as much any more.

I will say I took a lot of highland's homeopathic poison oak remedy in the middle there, so maybe eating microscopic amounts of the stuff (the remedy seriously is almost entirely sugar - it's "6X", which means 1 in a million parts, which while non-zero is pretty dang close to it (like maybe 1ug per tab) can help. If so, I'm the poster boy for it, but while I took the stuff I don't actually believe in it... but I had to be in p.o enough and had bad enough rashes that I was willing to try anything.

I also got some p.o in the lungs due to a small sprig of it on a burn pile. Had a bit of a cough for months.
I'll burn canes now but not leaves; I stay upwind regardless.

 

[Loaderman22]

I don't get Poison Ivy, don't think I ever did. I used to grab the vines with my bare hands and pull it off the trees, never even thought about it. My wife gets it, so now I've been more cautious and have a system, that I don't touch anything once I come inside after exposure, I put my clothes immediately in the wash and hit the shower. Its worked well for us. She got it so bad one time from simply touching a chainlink fence about 2 hours after I removed the vine, she didn't remember it was there. Needed steroids to clear up that one.

 

[wolc123]

Poison ivy seems to thrive on EAB affected ash. I’ve had pretty good luck avoiding any serious rash by washing with warm water and tossing my clothing in the wash immediately after any suspected exposure. The oil from it needs soak into your skin to cause problems. Those problems can be avoided completely by washing it off.

 

[WinterDeere]

The oil from it needs soak into your skin to cause problems. Those problems can be avoided completely by washing it off.

I've had more than one friend report getting it on their pecker, mostly as kids while camping. I'd guess that the basic problem is you can get the oil on your hands, and while the skin on your hands is tough enough to not even notice, the same can't be said for willy.

 

[walhondingMF]

That's interesting, and what you'd expect for most allergic reactions, exposure builds immunity. But poison ivy is usually reported to go the other way, exposure seems to increase sensitivity over time.

I actually managed to get systemic poison ivy poisoning once, about 15 years ago. It came from burning large batches of 3" and 4" diameter vines early one spring, and I guess getting too close to the oil-laden smoke. I had never had poison ivy, thought I was totally immune to it, but I guess there's a limit to any type of immunity. I ended up with a rash all over my body, which re-appeared every time I'd sweat, for more than a year.

After the initial outbreak cleared up, it would only re-appear everywhere that was covered with clothing, but never on exposed areas. So, my whole torso was affected, but never my face, arms, or legs (in summer).

That's pretty damn terrible.

I'm sensitive enough that I can break out in spots that were never even exposed. Usually places that have softer skin or on the bottom of my feet.

Worst I ever got it was was from the spring house in an old farm house I rented. I broke out in it terrible, including where you wouldn't want to talk about having it. Couldn't figure out how I got it. Once I was all healed up, I noticed a vine growing into the spring house. It had even grown up the intake pipe.

 

[2manyrocks]

My dad and aunt both had a terrible time when they got poison ivy when I was growing up so I've never wanted to get it myself. No way I'd have rubbed it on me to get out of school. I still go out of my way to try to remove it from a tree trunk with a brush blade and not touch it.

 

[walhondingMF]

My dad and aunt both had a terrible time when they got poison ivy when I was growing up so I've never wanted to get it myself. No way I'd have rubbed it on me to get out of school. I still go out of my way to try to remove it from a tree trunk with a brush blade and not touch it.

I have a bent pitch fork I keep for poison ivy vines and I try to remove as much bark as possible too. If its bad enough, I just pass on the tree.

 

[Loaderman22]

I've had more than one friend report getting it on their pecker, mostly as kids while camping. I'd guess that the basic problem is you can get the oil on your hands, and while the skin on your hands is tough enough to not even notice, the same can't be said for willy.

I have heard from many places that you cant get it on the palms of your hands since the skin has too thick of a dead skin layer (aka callouses) and its not susceptible to the oils in the same way. However that doesn't say that you can't get it between your fingers, or anywhere else you touch with your hands. Like when you forget you touched P.I. then go to the bathroom. Never heard of anyone get it on the soles of their feet before, that's interesting since the skin is similar to your palms.