Posted by JRSutton on July 13, 2012 at 04:35:28 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: Poison Ivy Cure? posted by jose bagge on July 12, 2012 at 18:47:38:
If you're really suffering - go to the doctor. They can give you a shots and really ease your misery.
I, the typical male anti-doctor fool, always choose to scratch it out for weeks, while my wife and kids wisely just get the shot whenever they need it, and they move on.
If you're the doctor avoiding type - you need two things - Tecnu Extreme and benedryl lotion.
benedryl will give you itch relief, but do nothing about the poison ivy itself.
The tecnu hels get rid of the urushiol oil (or whatever the heck it's called) that causes the problem.
That oil gets in your skin, and binds in solidly.
Whenever you think you've touched poison ivy is th best time to SCRUB with soap and water immediatly - and use some of that tecnu to be safe. That's the best thing you can do to avoid it.
Unfortunately, the longer you wait, the tougher it's going to be to remove it - the oil just keeps getting deeper into your skin.
It's a common belief that the poison ivy spreads, especially through the liquid in the blisters if forms. That's not really true.
It APPEARS to spread because different areas of the body react more slowly than others. And surrounding areas tend to have less oil on them, and react more slowly for that reason as well.
So you get a rash in one area, and it slowly gets bigger, or other areas start popping up around it - it does look like it's spreading, but it's not. It's just fully showing itself.
It will of course spread if you don't wash or come in contact with more oil from contaminated clothing/pets/etc. But that's not really "spreading" it's just getting MORE poison ivy.
Stay cool. Keep clean. You don't want any further infection in the blistered areas giving you grief. Slap on some benedryl whenever it flairs up. It'll be over in a few weeks.
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