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poison ivy sux
- Thread starter Ray
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I think I am one of those people who are immune. In all the years I have been camping, hunting or screwing around in the woods (sometimes literally
), I have never ever had a poison ivy rash.
DAP
New member
I think I am one of those people who are immune. In all the years I have been camping, hunting or screwing around in the woods (sometimes literally
Dave . I am the same way. BUT .. I'm not anymore. One day, all of a sudden, you are on the other side for no apparent reason.
Now, I have gotten it a couple of times when I NEVER used to.
Our bodies change with age and along with it, so do our immunities to this and allergies too.
Sorry to burst it ...
For some reason I never got poison ivy at all.
My brother and sisters would suffer with it when they'd come in contact.
One time my oldest son had it bad on his face because he and some buddies burned some ivy branches (unbeknownst to them) for a campfire by the river.
His eyes and face were such a mess.
My brother and sisters would suffer with it when they'd come in contact.
One time my oldest son had it bad on his face because he and some buddies burned some ivy branches (unbeknownst to them) for a campfire by the river.
His eyes and face were such a mess.
have you ever caught it Red?
Junkman
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Get goats..... they will eat the stuff to the roots and it will not return. If I get poison ivy, I wipe it with chlorine bleach or gasoline. Either one will wipe away the oil, and leave you will a chemical burn that will heal faster than the poison ivy. I learned this from the electrical utility workers. Works for them, and it worked for me. Now, I just stay far away from the stuff.....
When I was down in Ohio for a spell, I was cutting firewood with a friend and didn't know what Poison Ivy was, or looked like. Was cutting it with a chainsaw and spraying the stuff all over the place, on me and my friend.
He looked like a creature from the dark depths of hell after about twenty min's and I had to take him to the Hospital. I wiped the stuff (a white foamy looking stuff) off my face not knowing what it was at the time and never even got a red spot from it..... Don't know if I would still be that resistant now, but we don't have it in Alaska anyway....
He looked like a creature from the dark depths of hell after about twenty min's and I had to take him to the Hospital. I wiped the stuff (a white foamy looking stuff) off my face not knowing what it was at the time and never even got a red spot from it..... Don't know if I would still be that resistant now, but we don't have it in Alaska anyway....