| If you are allergic to poison ivy then you suffer from | | | | actions of a lawnmower or weed trimmer. |
| allergies Type 4 or delayed allergies. Up to 90 percent | | | | Scratching or rubbing the rashes will not spread the |
| of people are allergic to the urushiol oil that causes the | | | | poison ivy rash unless you still have the urushiol oil on |
| poison ivy rash. Over half of the population will | | | | your hands. This also means that poison ivy is not |
| experience a rash with the first contact of the poison | | | | contagious and you will not be able to give it to |
| ivy plant and is considered the most common allergy in | | | | another person. Scratching can lead to scaring and |
| the country. | | | | infection of the affected area so it is not |
| Symptoms of poison ivy allergy is a severe itching of | | | | recommended. |
| the skin that later develop into an inflammation of the | | | | Over the years I have developed poison ivy rash |
| skin. Red oozing sores or blisters can develop in sever | | | | numerous times and I have tried many different |
| cases and the fluid will have a slight yellowish color. | | | | treatments and I have found only two treatments that |
| Some of us can roll in poison ivy and come out without | | | | work for me. The first is with my Doctor giving me a |
| any problems, while others can merely brush up | | | | steroid shot of Prednisone. Symptoms usually start to |
| against a few leaves of the stuff and they are | | | | improve within 24 hours. |
| scratching for weeks. In most cases, allergies are | | | | The second treatment is one that I have never found |
| more annoying that debilitating but to the extreme | | | | documented anyplace else. Back in the early 60s an |
| allergy suffers life can be pure misery or even death. | | | | old country doctor told me of this treatment. Go to |
| Just because you do not develop systems the first | | | | your pharmacy and get a solution of 5 percent |
| few times you come into contact with poison ivy does | | | | carbolic acid in olive oil. Rub the solution on the rash. |
| not mean that you are immune. It may take several | | | | Within minutes you will see a yellowish fluid appearing |
| exposures to poison ivy before symptoms develop. | | | | on top of the red sores or blisters. Mop up the fluid and |
| The more times you are exposed to the usushiol the | | | | when no more fluid develops after several minutes |
| more likely it is that you will break out in a rash. | | | | reapply the carbolic acid in olive oil solution. This |
| Symptoms usually occur within 2 to 3 days. | | | | treatment will start to relieve the symptoms with an |
| It only take 1 billionth of a gram to cause the rash. 1/4 | | | | hour or two but will take 1 to 2 weeks to cure the |
| of an ounce of urushiol is all that is needed to cause a | | | | poison ivy rash. The carbolic acid in olive oil solution |
| rash in every person on earth. | | | | seems to act as some type of drawing agent and I |
| The usushiol oil can still be found on dead poison ivy | | | | have successfully used it on bee stings and insect |
| plants for up to five years. Direct contact is the most | | | | bites. |
| common way of catching poison ivy however, you | | | | Avoidance is the best advice for Poison Ivy Allergy. |
| can catch poison ivy by just being close to the plants if | | | | Leave of three then let them be. |
| the urushiol oil becomes airborne due to the plants are | | | | Always consult your doctor before using this |
| being burned, like in a forest fire, or because of the | | | | information. |