Looking for miracle cure for poison ivy???
08-04-2011, 11:35 AM
#22
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If you know your plants and are in the country, wild touch-me-not is sure-fire. I know, I know. You're saying old wife's tale, well, I'm an old wife, and in the hills of Kentucky, that's what we use and it really works.
08-04-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by KyKat
If you know your plants and are in the country, wild touch-me-not is sure-fire. I know, I know. You're saying old wife's tale, well, I'm an old wife, and in the hills of Kentucky, that's what we use and it really works.
08-04-2011, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by KathyAire
I'm not good knowing the names of medicines. I used to get poison ivy every spring - I know it's miserable. My doctor gave me a prescription for pills that came in a pack. The first day, you take seven pills, the next day six, the next day five, etc. By the second day, I felt much relief. Sorry I don't know what they are called.
08-04-2011, 12:25 PM
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Whining incessantly worked for me. My dad got tired of listening to me and took me to the doctor. They gave me a shot of something (I don't know what - I was 15 - could have been the prednisone everyone is referring to), told me to cover the rash in calomine lotion, and it was gone by the next day. But I attribute my healing to the whining, 'cause if I hadn't who knows how long it would have taken?! :)
08-04-2011, 04:00 PM
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Predisone. other name is medrol dose pack.
Originally Posted by KathyAire
I'm not good knowing the names of medicines. I used to get poison ivy every spring - I know it's miserable. My doctor gave me a prescription for pills that came in a pack. The first day, you take seven pills, the next day six, the next day five, etc. By the second day, I felt much relief. Sorry I don't know what they are called.
08-04-2011, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by onthelake
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
I was an idiot last week and weeded my garden without gloves. Ended up with poison ivy all over my hand, between my fingers, and it's creeping over the rest of my body. It's driving me CRAAAZZZZEEEEEE. I wonder if anyone has any sure-fire treatments to kill this stuff. I'm heading to the beach for a camping trip this Sunday, and I just want it GONE.
Thanks in advance. :roll:
Thanks in advance. :roll:
1. A trip to the Dr is the best advice
2. Beware you are not re-infecting yourself or others ... personal hygiene, linens, towels, clothing, etc.
3. Time !
4. And ........... Patience!!!!
So sorry you have to deal with it, but no choice now, right?
PS - Hot water baths are a NO, NO.
08-04-2011, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by KathyAire
I'm not good knowing the names of medicines. I used to get poison ivy every spring - I know it's miserable. My doctor gave me a prescription for pills that came in a pack. The first day, you take seven pills, the next day six, the next day five, etc. By the second day, I felt much relief. Sorry I don't know what they are called.
08-04-2011, 06:10 PM
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I am just getting over some--there was something in my garden that didn't like me. Problem is--it's not on my hands, arms, or legs, it's on my sides, and right buttock. Oh--and it started under my chin. :roll: I got it through clothing on the lower ones, and the sides baffled me, but I have all too big t-shirts and I reach at the sides to fold them up a lot. That must be how I got it. Mine turned into welts--looked like I'd been beaten. It itched horribly twice a day--I kept Cortisone on it at all times. While it's oozing, Calamine lotion is best. I did go to the doc, and she offered pills and a stronger Cortisone, but I knew it was on the way out, so declined.
Sigh... my garden will just have to do what it's going to do because I don't know what the weed was that did this and I'm not going near it.
Sigh... my garden will just have to do what it's going to do because I don't know what the weed was that did this and I'm not going near it.
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