Do you breakout in a rash from poison ivy?

[muwarrior69]

I am very sensitive to poison ivy. I was down wind from a burning field and broke out just by exposure to the smoke. My son-in-law can wallow in the stuff and not break out.

Here is an article showing the many forms of the plant.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/06/08/616595496/dont-touch-a-scientist-s-advice-for-spotting-poison-ivy-before-it-ruins-your-sum

[Jay Bee]

ZFB broke out in a rash, but it was from "poison" Ivy.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

ZFB broke out in a rash, but it was from "poison" Ivy.

She looked clean on stage but when we got back to the private dance area to was too late.

[rocket surgeon]

I am very sensitive to poison ivy. I was down wind from a burning field and broke out just by exposure to the smoke. My son-in-law can wallow in the stuff and not break out.

Here is an article showing the many forms of the plant.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/06/08/616595496/dont-touch-a-scientist-s-advice-for-spotting-poison-ivy-before-it-ruins-your-sum

  it's an allergy-some are more sensitized than others.  some can come in to contact without symptoms multiple times and then suddenly become sensitized.  usually it gets worse each time.

  i had a patient whom we had to premed with penicillin before most of her dental procedures.  after 20 years of this, she walks in to my office with a rash and the beginning of labored breathing-where did this come from??  same with bee sstings, etc etc

[Archies Bat]

I have had poison Ivy twice, and both times I had a very bad case.

The fist time was when I was about ten, a couple of friends and I went up in the woods to smoke.  We were wearing shorts, and sat right in it.  I had about 60% coverage from my waist to my ankles (yes, there too).  That may have been my last smoke.

Then when my oldest kids were young, I was putting in a swing set.  Our lot backed up to woods, which had encroached about 10 feet into our yard.  It was the only flat location, so I whacked back the brush wearing a tank top, and the brush included poison ivy.  That time, I had it from elbow to elbow across my back and chest.

Luckily, I have to touch it to have a reaction.  I know a couple folks who breakout if the are near it on a windy day.

[warriorchick]

When I was a kid, I once got a rash on my face so bad, my eyes swelled shut. It was even inside my nose.  I had no clue what it was.

The hospital diagnosed it as poison ivy.  I had recently been in the woods behind a friend's house for an hour or two, but didn't remember my face coming in contact with anything there.

Still don't know how I got it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Never broken out from poison ivy but have definitely come in contact with it. Always assumed I was immune.

[rocket surgeon]

Poison ivy, if allergic to it, is the worst when coming into contact thru smoke.  Burning a fence line of tall grass with poison ivy within...medrol dose pak is a wonder drug.

  And yes Archie, I've had it down there too and nothing worse, especially during puberty, eyn'a? 😳😉

[MU82]

Never broken out from poison ivy but have definitely come in contact with it. Always assumed I was immune.

Me too.

I don't know for a fact that I am immune -- it's not like I search it out and roll around in it or eat it, but I've never had a rash from it. Back in my Boy Scout days, there were camping trips that saw just about everybody except me get poison ivy rashes.

I always have attributed it to me having the strength of 10 men.

[Dr. Blackheart]

85% are allergic.  Same genetic form as poison oak.  1.5 Scoopers out of 10 are rash resistant.  Don't go bare assin' out there, people!

[tower912]

Not so far.   

[4everwarriors]

She looked clean on stage but when we got back to the private dance area to was too late.

Crotch rot will get ya every time, hey?

[Jay Bee]

Crotch rot will get ya every time, hey?

Nah bro, it's like a fitty/fitty prop

[Dr. Blackheart]

Scoop once again way ahead of CNN.  This time on the Piuson Ivy itch.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/06/19/health/poison-ivy-summer-partner/index.html

[Hards Alumni]

I get 3rd degree burn looking blisters.  It looks awful, but it was absolutely not painful or itchy.  It wept for a week or two before I got some 4 day steroids from the urgent care.  Funniest part about the urgent care is that the nurse was POSITIVE that poison ivy was contagious.  I had a good laugh at that.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

You need the poison ivy spray and use it liberally anywhere you see in your yard or near your yard.
Poison ivy is a scourge.