Poison Ivy

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:57 am

Great, now I have poison ivy all over, including places I shouldnt

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:05 am

Stop having sex with shrubs.

Post by **Martrae** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:06 am

I've never gotten poison ivy and I've taken MANY a woodland tromp.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:35 am

Zanchief wrote:Stop having sex with shrubs.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:40 am

I know, right? :dunno:

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:42 am

I thought it said "Stop having sex with scrubs"

I had a late 90's flashback.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:44 am

The back of my knee is on FIRE, Im trying not to scratch it

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:46 am

Cold compress?

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:47 am

That works until you take it off, then it is just as bad as before. Plus I'm at work.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:49 am

Try the Neosporin that has the pain reliever in it.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:37 pm

go to a in and out clinic and get the shot. Cleared up in a day max

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Mon May 29, 2006 3:44 pm

Do meth. It takes all the pains away.

Yamori · Post by **Yamori** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:04 pm

Drinking Draino cures poisy ivy itches, scurvy, the hiccups, and the deadly HIV virus

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:07 pm

Cure of course means kill.

Hylissa · Post by **Hylissa** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:09 pm

Thanks for clearing that up~

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:11 pm

Cortaid make a over the counter poison ivy treatment kit. You can pick one up at your local drug store.

Drem · Post by **Drem** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:58 pm

yuck getting PI in your joints like inside elbow, behind knees, etc., really really sucks

Post by **Arlos** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:21 am

We don't have poison ivy out here much. Out here it's all Poison Oak, but we have lots of it. That said, I think I'm in the "immune" crowd pretty much. Gone on many a woodlands hike, never gotten it. My mom was immune too for a big chunk of her life, til she happened to sit in a big patch while she had a cut on her leg.

-Arlos

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Tue May 30, 2006 11:15 am

From Associated Press:

WASHINGTON - Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy.

The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday.

And a CO2-driven vine also produces more of its rash-causing chemical, urushiol, conclude experiments conducted in a forest at Duke University where scientists increased carbon-dioxide levels to those expected in 2050.

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas â€” a chemical that traps heat similar to the way a greenhouse does â€” thatâ€™s considered a major contributor to global warming. Greenhouse gases have been steadily increasing in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.

Poison ivy is common in woods around the country, making it a bane of hikers, campers, fighters of forest fires, even backyard gardeners. Its itchy, sometimes blistering rash is one of the most widely reported ailments to poison-control centers, with more than 350,000 reported cases a year.

Compared to poison ivy grown in usual atmospheric conditions, those exposed to the extra-high carbon dioxide grew about three times larger â€” and produced more allergenic form of urushiol, scientists from Duke and Harvard University reported.

Their study appears in this weekâ€™s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

â€œThe fertilization effect of rising CO2 on poison ivy ... and the shift toward a more allergenic form of urushiol have important implications for the future health of both humans and forests,â€

Insanityfair · Post by **Insanityfair** » Tue May 30, 2006 11:20 am

I used to get it all the time, haven't in a long time, but I make sure to wash the kids and the dog after they've been near/in wooded areas and wash their clothes. I'd hate for them to go through what I did as a kid.