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Well you guessed it I am sure I have posion ivy. I usually get a steroid shot since I am severally allergic to it. The shot did not do the trick this time as I still have it on my arms. I can get within ten feet of this stuff and I catch it. I have been using alcohol to dry it up. Does anyone have any other suggestions. I have tried all kinds of ointments and creams besides the shot rubbing alcohol works the best.

Tell me about it....
I couldn't get to sleep until 4:30 this morning b/c i was
scratching my arms so much. I went to the DR yesterday morning
and got a steroid shot....helped a little, but still kind of itching today.

I have never ever ever gotten poison ivy.... I used to show off in
front of my friends and rub it on my face to show them it didn't bother
me. Well i won't be doing that anymore. This stuff is terrible. I would
classify my case as moderate to mild, but i couldn't imagine getting it all
over my body...wow..!!

I have used EVERYTHING on the shelf at Walgreens, and even some homemade stuff. I do not think there is an easy form of relief out there.
The prescription cream i got from the dr. (along with the shot) seemed
to make it worse. So i went back to the over the counter stuff.

Good Luck.

Oh and i know i'm rambling, but i originally got the poison ivy last sunday (a week and a half ago) and it didn't get bad until this past sunday. It seemed to spread like crazy.

take a bath in clorox water, i'm not allergic to it but i hear thar it might dry it up.
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I agree, put a cup or two of Chlorox in a tub full of water and soak 15-20 minutes. Has worked everytime for me.

The single most effective way i have found is to rub PVC cleaner on the affected area. If you have scratched it, it will burn like a SOB!!
But it will clear that stuff right up.

old plumbers trick right there.

I scratch mine with a knife and it will start oozing stuff out, I will then keep scratching it until I am satisfied even if it starts bleeding, and then I will pour the alcohol to it. Make sure the knife is clean and keep pouring the alcohol to it and it will scab over. Note that when you pour the alcohol to it you better man up cause it stings.

Okay... so far we have:

alchohol
pvc cleaner
various ointments from walgreens
steroid shots
knife/alchohol

here is some you may try as well:
epsom salt in water
kerosene
aloe

heck at this point i'm willing to try battery acid.

ECHO1 wrote:take a bath in clorox water, i'm not allergic to it but i hear thar it might dry it up.
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I have not found anything that will help it on me, the shot will only help it out on me if it is on my face. I have just learned to let it run its course. But now every time I think I have been exposed (which is about every time I go in the woods) I wash down real good with dawn dish washing detergent and original white gojo. It is supposed to break down the oils on the skin and it seems to help.

Tere is some stuff at the walmart pharmacy that Paul Harvey talks about. I am allergic to it real bad and that stuff works wonders. It starts with a z but tell them you want the poison ivy stuff that paul harvey talks about it is behind the pharmacy counter at walmart.

GET-N-RITE wrote:I scratch mine with a knife and it will start oozing stuff out, I will then keep scratching it until I am satisfied even if it starts bleeding, and then I will pour the alcohol to it. Make sure the knife is clean and keep pouring the alcohol to it and it will scab over. Note that when you pour the alcohol to it you better man up cause it stings.

Man you're dumber than a bag of hammers. Cut the poison ivy out???? Hope you drink a half a case before actually doing that. Sheez

Blackwater wrote:

ECHO1 wrote:take a bath in clorox water, i'm not allergic to it but i hear thar it might dry it up.
ASK BLACKWATER, HE LOVES THE STUFF

I have not found anything that will help it on me, the shot will only help it out on me if it is on my face. I have just learned to let it run its course. But now every time I think I have been exposed (which is about every time I go in the woods) I wash down real good with dawn dish washing detergent and original white gojo. It is supposed to break down the oils on the skin and it seems to help.

YOU BIG GIRL

ECHO1 wrote:

Blackwater wrote:

ECHO1 wrote:take a bath in clorox water, i'm not allergic to it but i hear thar it might dry it up.
ASK BLACKWATER, HE LOVES THE STUFF

I have not found anything that will help it on me, the shot will only help it out on me if it is on my face. I have just learned to let it run its course. But now every time I think I have been exposed (which is about every time I go in the woods) I wash down real good with dawn dish washing detergent and original white gojo. It is supposed to break down the oils on the skin and it seems to help.

YOU BIG GIRL

One day I hope you get a case of poison ivy just so i can sit back and watch you cry and complain like a big ole baby. You think that little sun burn you got skrimpin was bad

rjohnson wrote:

GET-N-RITE wrote:I scratch mine with a knife and it will start oozing stuff out, I will then keep scratching it until I am satisfied even if it starts bleeding, and then I will pour the alcohol to it. Make sure the knife is clean and keep pouring the alcohol to it and it will scab over. Note that when you pour the alcohol to it you better man up cause it stings.

Man you're dumber than a bag of hammers. Cut the poison ivy out???? Hope you drink a half a case before actually doing that. Sheez

I am what you would call tuff. I didn't even bat an eye when i woke up on morning and my ol stump looked like this.

Was that a rebreak of a previous one??? Nasty. Had a friend that always said his last name was spelled T.U.F.F. Man I can handle pain but I sure don't go around inflicting it upon myself. What's the story?

Benedril gel helps. However, I'd wash the rash real good with hot soapy water to get the blisters popped. Then pat the area dry and apply the benedril as liberally as you want. It will dry which helps keep the rash from spreading. And since the drainage is gone for a while, it won't itch too bad.