Poison ivy symptoms and cures?!
Question:
Poison ivy symptoms and cures?
What are symptoms of poison ivy, and how can you cure it quickly?
Answers:
The symptoms are the appearance of little red water blisters on various places on the body. They are in clusters. This starts about 1-2 days after exposure. It is accompanied by the most INTENSE EXCRUCIATING itch that you can imagine. Usually the affected area keeps getting larger for a few days. POISON IVY IS HORRIBLE. There are over the counter things to help it (ask pharmacist) but for the most part it lasts for a full TWO WEEKS.
If you have it really bad and can't stand it, then you can visit the doctor and he/she will give you an injection of cortisone or something like that. That works pretty well and does shorten the time that it takes to heal. Whatever you do, DON'T SCRATCH IT.
I had a hyper-sensitivity to poison ivy for a few years and had it all summer. I did not even have to touch it. Just the wind blowing the oil molecules onto me was enough. I knew some kids who were actually hospitalized because they rolled in it and they had it all over their bodies.
Do yourself a favour! Learn how to identify poison ivy, oak and sumac (there's not as much sumac around) and keep yourself away from them. If in doubt about a plant, remember that 500 year old proverb, "Leaves of three, let it be!"
Good Luck to you. I hope that you don't have it too bad.