Poison Ivy season is here.

[TwoForFlinching]

When I was a kid in Boy Scouts, I'd get it every camp out. It would be all over my body, probably from the smoke of the campfires with vines left on them.
Got into my eyes, and EVERYWHERE. Required going to the hospital. Couldn't sleep in clothes.
Sometime in my teens they said an injection of hemoglobin would stop the allergy.
Very thick stuff that had to be injected into the hip and was very painful for a couple of days at that spot.
After a series of 4, if I get it now, there is just a small strip of it on the arm or leg and it goes away on it's own after a few days.

I get it really bad too, never heard of hemoglobin for the ivy rash. My doc always gives me the shot, ointment, and viagra to keep the sheets off me at night.

 

[dennishoddy]

I get it really bad too, never heard of hemoglobin for the ivy rash. My doc always gives me the shot, ointment, and viagra to keep the sheets off me at night.

Ok, I'm gonna use the viagra thing in the future.
Thanks for the tip! (not that tip)

 

[travisstorma]

Back when I was between 6-12 I had poison ivy half the summer it seemed like. Now I see it and stay back 20 feet. Can’t stand it.

 

[pickett235]

This is what we have used for poison ivy for years. It’s over 70% sulfur. Dries it out in two or three days. Smells terrible!

 

[XYZ]

When you have been exposed to what you even suspect is poison ivy simply wash thoroughly with Dawn dishwashing soap or if you’d prefer something more technical buy some Tecnu poison ivy scrub from Wally World and be sure to wash your clothes and your poison ivy break outs are over.

I have used Tecnu for years. First discovered back when I still backpacked a lot . Saved me from having to check out early. Pretty much just used it every time I would wash my hands or face and every time I had to go thru brush. Still got poison ivy but dramatically reduced the amount.

 

[rickm]

This is what we have used for poison ivy for years. It’s over 70% sulfur. Dries it out in two or three days. Smells terrible! View attachment 480423

I just use oatmeal, grind it into powder and mix it with water into a paste and spread it on affective areas also have used it for chicken pox in the past, it pulls the moisture out and cuts down on the itching and makes it heel faster.

 

[XYZ]

Vast improvements today. Still have spots that are spicy, but 3/4 of it’s in serious remission.

I’ll stay on the steroids until I’ve finished them and look like the Hulk.

 

[BobbyV]

I been taking these for years and now that they are well in my system i very seldom get poison oak or ivy, it builds your immune system up to help prevent getting it. View attachment 480233

I never knew these existed. Do you just take them daily?

 

[rickm]

I never knew these existed. Do you just take them daily?

You can as it is instructed on the bottle but i just take them when i get a few spots and pop 4 or 5 in my mouth a couple times a day til it get better but you can take them daily for a length of time to help prevent getting it, all it does is build up your immune system for getting it

 

[rickm]

Heres a web site if you want to look at some reviews for it. https://www.homeopathyworks.com/whp-poison-ivy-1oz/