Can I get poison ivy (or whatever its called) if I touch someone who has it?!
Question:
Can I get poison ivy (or whatever its called) if I touch someone who has it?
My sister has a weird sort of rash, that looks sort of like poison ivy (or whatever its called! lol feel free to correct me on this). I've touched her rash, rubbing anti-itch cream on it. If it was poison ivy would I get it from touching her rash?
Answers:
If you are allergic to it, too, you might. I get it from my husband's clothes when he has been working in the yard.
I'm highly susceptible to it, and the oil from the plant gets on his clothes. It can stay for over a year on clothng that hasn't been washed or drycleaned. And he has spread it to our kids when he isn't careful about washing his hands thoroughly or changing his clothes before coming in contact with us.
He is not allergic. I keep a box of vinyl exam gloves so I can touch things that might have poison ivy on them.