HERB - Poison Ivy help

[Jenne Heise]

On Fri, 21 May 1999 Bjmikita at aol.com wrote:

> Please describe the plant.  My husband has blisters the size of his thumb.  
> Yes he did go to the doctor, I don't have much confidence in the doctor, he 
> said the ooze wouldn't pass on the ivy.  Husband is on steriods, but the itch 
> is driving him nuts.
> Jeanne de La Mer

According to all the doctors and medical books I've consulted, the ooze
doesn't spread the rash. (How could it? It's from INSIDE your body, and
had no contact with the toxin; it's just pus.) However, poison ivy often
breaks out in stages, not to mention the fact that if you don't wash the
oil off ANYTHING you might have touched, you'll run into that oil again.

If the rash spreads all over, always go back to the doctor! There is a
form of sensitivity that's called 'bloodborne' and it causes an all-over
systemic reaction. (the oil isn't bloodbourne, just the reaction.)

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa (Shire of Eisental), mka Jennifer Heise	
jenne at tulgey.browser.net

"in verbis et in herbis, et in lapidibus sunt virtutes"

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