PSA-HOW TO EFFECTIVELY AVOID POISON IVY RASH

[chief38]

I found this Youtube video by accident and though since many of us spend time in the woods it might be helpful. Don't know who this guy is, but what he states makes perfect sense. A short video that is a good one to watch.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyoDRHpQK0[/ame]

 

[Onomea]

That's a useful video. Thanks for the post!

 

[Combat]

Great post. I would like to add that if you already got contaminated by poison ivy, plain old Listerine will help with the itch and it will dry up your out break. Just soak a wash cloth with it and rub affected area. The only downside to doing this is you will smell like Listerine till you wash it off. Listerine did not start out as just a mouthwash, you can do all sorts of stuff with it.

 

[vonn]

Never had a problem but my son will thank you for posting this if it works! Thanks

 

[rock doc]

Great!! I shouldn't have opened this thread. I get a rash just thinking about poison ivy.

 

[pharman]

Leaves of 3...let it be!

How to avoid poison ivy rash? DON'T TOUCH IT!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Now if I could just stay away from Sumac-

 

[snubbyfan]

Thankfully, I don't get poison ivy.
With as much time I spend wandering around in the woods, Id' be in big trouble.

 

[vigil617]

Also, at all costs, avoid contact with the smoke from burning poison ivy, oak, or sumac. Campfires, brush cleanup fires, etc. etc. Worst case of poison ivy I ever had came from this.

 

[JAFO]

I use tecnu cleaner and lava soap anytime I get close to that stuff. Weedeating is where I get it.

 

[LLOYD17]

Could have used this info about a week and half ago. Something in the backyard got me pretty good.

 

[NYlakesider]

Ah Poison Ivy, on that one I'm very lucky for some strange reason it does not bother me. I have been around it a lot over the years. Heck as a kid I rolled in the stuff, everybody around me got it, but I was fine!

My wife on the other hand was about 8 1/2 months pregnant and she got hit bad with it. It appears that made my son extremely bothered by that plant, to the point we almost lost him at age 5 because it hit him that hard. He was 2 weeks in the hospital, much of it in ICU and it was a close call!
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When he went to Cub Scout camp for two weeks we made it well know that if it was even suspected he got into poison ivy he was to be taken to the hospital NOW. We personally told the camp staff and medical staff and it was written on his medical file in very bold print in a few places, that it could kill him. He is now 40 and very careful about that plant.

Total extremes in my family but it makes life interesting..

 

[BearBio]

"Also, at all costs, avoid contact with the smoke from burning poison ivy, oak, or sumac. Campfires, brush cleanup fires, etc. etc. Worst case of poison ivy I ever had came from this. "

Don't forget oleander=can kill you if you breathe the smoke! Or, if you use it as a stick to roast hot dogs on. Also, giant hog weed!

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[k22fan]

I have poison oak around me. Contact with the oil makes you more susceptible to getting a rash from future contact. The change can take awhile. A common story here from forest workers is that they were immune as boys so they did not avoid it. As adults they wish they had saved their non-reacting exposures for their work.

Easily effected people get a reaction from being down wind from poison oak that is shedding pollen.

 

[chief38]

I've got loads of poison Ivy behind the fence in my backyard (in the woods). I rarely go back there and if I do I always wear protective clothing. I think the last time I ventured to the other side of the fence was about 10 years ago to cut down a dead tree. I am very glad though that I found this video and hopefully it will help all of us!

 

[Tom S.]

I was taught a powerful lesson about through washing that involved Deep Heat and taking a leak.

 

[rwsmith]

Another one you don't hear about....

Cow itch, trumpet vine, jasmine are very common here in the south and the stuff tears me up. It tries to grow in my fences. We were taking trees out of the fence line last week and my son got eat up with a rash. Next time we'll try this method.

Oh, and the 'three leaf' thing doesn't work for this. It doesn't look anything like ivy, oak or sumac.

trumpet vine cow itch - Google Search

Anyway, thanks, this is great advice providing that you know you've been exposed and where. In boy scouts we joined up with a visiting troop of disables scouts and we were compelled to set up camp for them. When we finished we set up our own tents, in the dark. I woke up the next morning sleeping in poison oak.

 

[BearBio]

I have poison oak around me. Contact with the oil makes you more susceptible to getting a rash from future contact. The change can take awhile. A common story here from forest workers is that they were immune as boys so they did not avoid it. As adults they wish they had saved their non-reacting exposures for their work.

Easily effected people get a reaction from being down wind from poison oak that is shedding pollen.

We had a botanist in Sac who developed it after 20 years in the field professionally!

 

[shouldazagged]

Also, at all costs, avoid contact with the smoke from burning poison ivy, oak, or sumac. Campfires, brush cleanup fires, etc. etc. Worst case of poison ivy I ever had came from this.

With my multiple lung diseases that literally could be fatal for me.

I've spent much of my longish life in the woods and on the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds.

Haven't had poison ivy since I was twelve, right after the Siege of Petersburg. I seem to have become desensitized to it, at least as to skin contact.

 

[will1861]

If you do get a rash, Epsom salt in a lukewarm bath works great to help keep it from spreading. It also seems to help with the itching and dries it up fast. Works for my family members.

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