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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UnSafe" data-source="post: 1359744" data-attributes="member: 100">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...</blockquote>

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