I got teh Poison Oak! Any good cures you know?

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 07:49 PM

That you can do from common house hold stuff. I got it under my arm pit and on my legs, and poppin up in random spots!

coke · 03-23-2008, 07:53 PM

calamine lotion

SilvrBckChimp · 03-23-2008, 07:53 PM

vodka

mmmmmyst · 03-23-2008, 07:54 PM

i heard fapjuice helps it...

try it and report back?

oh and bleach can be used to take the posion resin

proteinpump · 03-23-2008, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by konvicted

That you can do from common house hold stuff. I was giving head in the woods again!

You cant kiss me anymore!

El_Padrino · 03-23-2008, 07:58 PM

use peroxide like every couple of hours to get rid of the infection. there is also a special kind of soap that helps get rid of it in a day or two, the infection i mean.

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by coke

calamine lotion

I bought some today, will be trying it tonight, once a day?

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Originally Posted by ChrisElliot

vodka

Drank it all!

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Originally Posted by mmmmmyst

i heard fapjuice helps it...

try it and report back?

oh and bleach can be used to take the posion resin

My mom will freak if I use bleach!

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Originally Posted by proteinpump

You cant kiss me anymore!

BARF!

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Originally Posted by elpdrno

use peroxide like every couple of hours to get rid of the infection. there is also a special kind of soap that helps get rid of it in a day or two, the infection i mean.

Benzyl?

King Baer · 03-23-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by elpdrno

use peroxide like every couple of hours to get rid of the infection. there is also a special kind of soap that helps get rid of it in a day or two, the infection i mean.

Poison Oak isn't an infection, it's an allergic reaction. Anything that dries it out like calamine lotion, etc, will work well (you can go to a Pharmacy and get an alcohol-based rub that will help a lot). I've found that Benadryl or any other anti-histamine that makes you drowsy will help your symptoms AND help you go to bed. The worst is waking up in the middle of the night and scratching it.

I used to landscape so I'd get it very often.

breathingmurder · 03-23-2008, 08:00 PM

Just be careful not to make it spread when washing it off.

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by King Baer

Poison Oak isn't an infection, it's an allergic reaction. Anything that dries it out like calamine lotion, etc, will work well (you can go to a Pharmacy and get an alcohol-based rub that will help a lot). I've found that Benadryl or any other anti-histamine that makes you drowsy will help your symptoms AND help you go to bed. The worst is waking up in the middle of the night and scratching it.

I used to landscape so I'd get it very often.

Put it on once a day?

And you think lifting will make it spread more from like sweating?

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Originally Posted by breathingmurder

Just be careful not to make it spread when washing it off.

How would that happen?

El_Padrino · 03-23-2008, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by King Baer

Poison Oak isn't an infection, it's an allergic reaction. Anything that dries it out like calamine lotion, etc, will work well (you can go to a Pharmacy and get an alcohol-based rub that will help a lot). I've found that Benadryl or any other anti-histamine that makes you drowsy will help your symptoms AND help you go to bed. The worst is waking up in the middle of the night and scratching it.

I used to landscape so I'd get it very often.

Ya that is true. Lemme put it this way..when i get it, it gets infected. But hydrogen peroxide is one of the better things to use to get rid of it. and the benadryl is a great suggestion for sleeping.

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Originally Posted by konvicted

Benzyl?

Maybe..its also used to clean clothes, its a bar of soap though..

coke · 03-23-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by konvicted

I bought some today, will be trying it tonight, once a day?

I usually put it on like 2-3 or whenever it starts to itch really bad.

Next time you think you've been somewhere where there was a chance you got poison oak/ivy, take a shower as soon as possible. It usually helps prevent it.

breathingmurder · 03-23-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by konvicted

Put it on once a day?

And you think lifting will make it spread more from like sweating?

How would that happen?

Well if there is any residual "juice" on your skin, then if you wash it and rub your eyes it can get on your eyes and spread. Just wash it really well, I'd probably take a shower if I were you. The problem is if you wash it halfway and then end up spreading it everywhere.

slimrhcp · 03-23-2008, 08:16 PM

A product called zanfel is one of the few proven "cures" for urushiol (poison ivy, sumac, and oak) exposure. The stuff is about $40 for a one or two ounce tube, I can't remember which. Only a little needs to be applied. This is going to sound crazy, but this stuff feels so good when you apply it, it's almost worth getting poisoned.

In conclusion, Zanfel is your best friend.

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by breathingmurder

Well if there is any residual "juice" on your skin, then if you wash it and rub your eyes it can get on your eyes and spread. Just wash it really well, I'd probably take a shower if I were you. The problem is if you wash it halfway and then end up spreading it everywhere.

Yupp showers is what I take, ill be sure to do that, thanks man!

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Originally Posted by slimrhcp

A product called zanfel is one of the few proven "cures" for urushiol (poison ivy, sumac, and oak) exposure. The stuff is about $40 for a one or two ounce tube, I can't remember which. Only a little needs to be applied. This is going to sound crazy, but this stuff feels so good when you apply it, it's almost worth getting poisoned.

In conclusion, Zanfel is your best friend.

I was about to pick that up at the store today but my mom was being stupid and made me get some other stuff! Damn, im gonna go buy it tommroow, it work good? Like the calims say?

shaihulud · 03-23-2008, 08:21 PM

On Salute Your Shorts, Ug took a bath in oatmeal to get rid of the poison oak rash.

Then Michael ate it, threw up over the balcony, and got it all over Thud Mackie - the same one whose brownies Michael sat on earlier in the day.

cjohnston95 · 03-23-2008, 08:21 PM

cortizone shot from doc plus they will give ya pills i forgot what they were. had it bad before 100 mile bike race cleared it up good

lordsess24 · 03-23-2008, 08:24 PM

In all seriousness, if its itchy, rub ice directly on it. I had poison Ivy this summer, and it sucked. I worked at Davey Tree (See pic, lol) and I had it all over my hand, and under my arm pit. I got it, I guess, By picking up and carrying some brush/brances or w/e that had PI on it. Anyways, rubbing ICE directly on it helped cure the itch for a little while.

I also used Technu, I think thats how you spelled it. I washed my boots and clothes with it, because I got PI about a month after I stopped working, because it was on my boots.

Also, if it is terrible, goto the doc and get prednisone. Cleaned me up pretty fast. My **** was BAD, a huge rash under my armpit, because I sweat and it spread allot.

wsuwarrior · 03-23-2008, 08:24 PM

Bleach dries that **** out in no time. I used to get it all the time when I was a kid, but have since formed an immunity. But whenever I got it on my feet or legs I would dilute it in some water in a bucket and soak it for a while. Worked great.

CitadelArmyJAG · 03-23-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wsuwarrior

Bleach dries that **** out in no time. I used to get it all the time when I was a kid, but have since formed an immunity. But whenever I got it on my feet or legs I would dilute it in some water in a bucket and soak it for a while. Worked great.

My dad swears by the bleach remedy -always has. I usually get it so bad I go to the doctor to get some steroids for it.

If you really want to cure it up, mix up some of dat dere celltech into a thick paste and rub it on there -its better than the roids.

edible_eye · 03-23-2008, 08:30 PM

Quick bullet points:

- By the time the infection appears, the oil from the Poison Oak plant has already been absorbed into the skin. It can't be spread by wiping the skin at that point.

- Prednisone on a titrated scale (descending potency) is the only real "cure". You'll be on it for at least a week.

dethmetalanimal · 03-23-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by cjohnston95

cortizone shot from doc plus they will give ya pills i forgot what they were. had it bad before 100 mile bike race cleared it up good

yeah i would just go to the doctor. i had an allergic reaction a couple days ago, and they gave me prednizone (sp?).

BlazerXX · 03-23-2008, 08:30 PM

try 50/50 apple cider vinegar to water

slimrhcp · 03-23-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by konvicted

I was about to pick that up at the store today but my mom was being stupid and made me get some other stuff! Damn, im gonna go buy it tommroow, it work good? Like the calims say?

Dude, I'm not a rep for them or anything, but that product my be one of the most worthwhile purchases I've ever made. It's better than sex.

Well maybe not girlfriend sex, but it rivals random hook-up sex.

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by edible_eye

Quick bullet points:

- By the time the infection appears, the oil from the Poison Oak plant has already been absorbed into the skin. It can't be spread by wiping the skin at that point.

- Prednisone on a titrated scale (descending potency) is the only real "cure". You'll be on it for at least a week.

Does it spread by sweating?

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Originally Posted by wsuwarrior

Bleach dries that **** out in no time. I used to get it all the time when I was a kid, but have since formed an immunity. But whenever I got it on my feet or legs I would dilute it in some water in a bucket and soak it for a while. Worked great.

So you put it on your skin by a towel, how long you leave the towel over the skin?

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Originally Posted by lordsess24

In all seriousness, if its itchy, rub ice directly on it. I had poison Ivy this summer, and it sucked. I worked at Davey Tree (See pic, lol) and I had it all over my hand, and under my arm pit. I got it, I guess, By picking up and carrying some brush/brances or w/e that had PI on it. Anyways, rubbing ICE directly on it helped cure the itch for a little while.

I also used Technu, I think thats how you spelled it. I washed my boots and clothes with it, because I got PI about a month after I stopped working, because it was on my boots.

Also, if it is terrible, goto the doc and get prednisone. Cleaned me up pretty fast. My **** was BAD, a huge rash under my armpit, because I sweat and it spread allot.

Yeah man, under my armpit its spreading like a damn wildfire, sweat makes it spread more?

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Originally Posted by cjohnston95

cortizone shot from doc plus they will give ya pills i forgot what they were. had it bad before 100 mile bike race cleared it up good

No health insurance

dethmetalanimal · 03-23-2008, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by slimrhcp

A product called zanfel is one of the few proven "cures" for urushiol (poison ivy, sumac, and oak) exposure. The stuff is about $40 for a one or two ounce tube, I can't remember which. Only a little needs to be applied. This is going to sound crazy, but this stuff feels so good when you apply it, it's almost worth getting poisoned.

In conclusion, Zanfel is your best friend.

i could've used this last week

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 08:36 PM

I did this to one of my legs and stopped the spreading and itching on my left leg, scratched it till it blead in the shower and that leg feels normal now.

konvicted · 03-23-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shaihulud

On Salute Your Shorts, Ug took a bath in oatmeal to get rid of the poison oak rash.

Then Michael ate it, threw up over the balcony, and got it all over Thud Mackie - the same one whose brownies Michael sat on earlier in the day.

LMAO! Ok....but I do remeber that show!

edible_eye · 03-23-2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by konvicted

Does it spread by sweating?

No health insurance

The only time the oils from the plant can actually "spread" on the skin is during the initial infection period - right after the plant touches or rubs against the skin. If you were sweating when you came in contact with it, then yes - the oils can spread causing a greater area of infection.

The oils is absorbed into the skin rather quick, all told. The working theory is that washing the area within 10 minutes of contact will likely sidestep a problem. A shower will get rid of any and all oil residue.

Cliffs:
- At this point, no. Sweating will not cause it to spread.
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No health insurance sucks. Look up any free clinics in the area or head into an area ER and file paperwork for Free Care, or its equivalent. That looks bad enough that any self-respecting doc would write out a script.