[MR] ingested poison ivy

[Megan McHugh]

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> Ah, so much folk wisdom here.  Fact is, NOTHING helps everyone.  Zanfel is
> another one of the creams that helps get rid of the oil - has helped my itch
> but not removed the poison ivy.  If I catch it, I'm in for a month of
> oozing.  And I've even gotten it from touching lumber at Home Depot. In
> November.  Last year was my worst outbreak ever.  Started on the left arm
> and chest where I must have brushed that arm when getting undressed.  Tried
> to deal with it, but when still breaking out on remote areas of the body 10
> days later (around the waist, both legs that had not had any prior rash,
> etc. ) had to resort to taking the high-dose prednisone.  Because it went
> systemic.  It is possible, and you don't have to eat it.  For those of us
> who are incredibly allergic, prednisone is our friend.  Rash starting
> reducing in about 4 days, and was pretty much gone a week after starting the
> prednisone.  But being manic for the three weeks of treatment is rough.
> Zanfel, Technu, I've tried them all, but none actually get rid of it, just
> help the itch for me.
> I won't go near the area where I got it again. Just don't want to have to
> take that prednisone.
> -Megan
>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
>  wrote:
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>> Ingested Poison Ivy
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>> Since we use public areas that might have poison ivy etc so much....
>>
>> Well a new trick for me this past week was ingesting poison ivy.
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