Poison ivy remedy

[ls1z4me]

We use the water from boiled polk root. Get some on a cotton ball, apply to the infected area. We try to treat it a first sign and seem to clear up almost over night.

Also if you know you were in contact with poison ive we have used fels-naptha soap to wash off the oils before they can affect the skin.

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[Street Rat]

I use a hairdryer. Blow on the rash and it will start to itch like crazy for a second and then you will just feel the heat then stop and turn the dryer off. I have done it many times, it works, Google it.

 

[HiImSeth]

My father-in-law has been putting Everclear on his. Could just be an excuse to buy Everclear, but he seems to think it works. I don't get the stuff, so idk.

 

[the tR]

steroid pack from doc fastest i know.........

 

[saddlebum]

zanfel

 

[UnSafe]

Geez guys, y'all are worse than a bunch of basic trainees.

Smoke the banana peels, it'll have about the same effectiveness...
Don't use bleach, solvents, urine or excrement to "Treat" the resultant rash. Don't eat leaves to develop an immunity or you'll be scootin' like a dog with worms. There's no urushiol inside the blisters, so there's no value to opening or otherwise abrading the area, other than because it feels good to scratch the hell out of it and seed your fingernail bacteria into the open skin.

The urushiol is a chemical toxin that does it's damage pretty quickly. Even 15 min. of contact is more than enough to get it started, of course you won't see the effects for 1 or more days. To add, it's a toxin with allergenic properties, which is why some are more susceptible than others. All humans are susceptible to some extent or another. Think you're immune? Rub a handful of leaves on your junk or stand downwind of a burning pile of poison ivy plants and breathe deeply (Don't really do the last one, you can end up in an ICU).

Do- Learn what poison ivy, oak and sumac look like (Ivy being the main threat in OK) and stay out of it. If you come into contact, wash it off with soap and water ASAP. Use 1% Hydrocortisone cream for mild dermatitis, see your Doc for more severe symptoms. Oral Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment although many Primary Care Physicians prefer to give a billable injection of steroid that lasts about 2 days, then chase it with the oral version. However treated- Topical, oral or injected, it's important to treat for roughly 10 days. If you don't treat long enough, you'll notice a "flare" of the rash- still from the same contact, just didn't suppress the reaction long enough.

Remember to keep your head out of your 4th point of contact...

 

[SureShotXD]

pure bleach.....on a rag rubbing till it bleeds.....burns pretty good but works well. FYI You can get a chemical burn from it.....I do....

I use bleach also!

 

[Seadog]

Geez guys, y'all are worse than a bunch of basic trainees.

Smoke the banana peels, it'll have about the same effectiveness...
Don't use bleach, solvents, urine or excrement to "Treat" the resultant rash. Don't eat leaves to develop an immunity or you'll be scootin' like a dog with worms. There's no urushiol inside the blisters, so there's no value to opening or otherwise abrading the area, other than because it feels good to scratch the hell out of it and seed your fingernail bacteria into the open skin.

The urushiol is a chemical toxin that does it's damage pretty quickly. Even 15 min. of contact is more than enough to get it started, of course you won't see the effects for 1 or more days. To add, it's a toxin with allergenic properties, which is why some are more susceptible than others. All humans are susceptible to some extent or another. Think you're immune? Rub a handful of leaves on your junk or stand downwind of a burning pile of poison ivy plants and breathe deeply (Don't really do the last one, you can end up in an ICU).

Do- Learn what poison ivy, oak and sumac look like (Ivy being the main threat in OK) and stay out of it. If you come into contact, wash it off with soap and water ASAP. Use 1% Hydrocortisone cream for mild dermatitis, see your Doc for more severe symptoms. Oral Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment although many Primary Care Physicians prefer to give a billable injection of steroid that lasts about 2 days, then chase it with the oral version. However treated- Topical, oral or injected, it's important to treat for roughly 10 days. If you don't treat long enough, you'll notice a "flare" of the rash- still from the same contact, just didn't suppress the reaction long enough.

Remember to keep your head out of your 4th point of contact...

You got it. I couldnt remember how to spell that bloddy word, urushiol.... I worked for a logging company and they gave us similer Training to what you stated with the exception of the soap n water. Regular soap will only spread the urushiol oil making it worse. The plan is to just flush the affected area with large amounts of water to dilute the urushiol oil.If you know that you have come into contact this seemed to work extreemly well, say the first 15 mins or so. after that you were kinda fobar. Id do the bleach soaked rag as a cheep remady that seemed to work well.

 

[defender56]

+1 - only thing that works. That's what they will use on you at the Dr. office. Don't buy a cheaper store brand either as it doesn't work.

zanfel

 

[SMS]

If prevention fails, dandelion leaves ground up into a paste and applied to the rash works pretty well.