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For the poison oak itch I take the HOTTEST shower I can possibly stand and then make it hotter. It will itch like crazy during the shower but releases the histamines and then the itch is gone, or better, for about 12 hours.

When we bought our land here I had a city girl moment and we burned piles of poison oak. It had no leaves in the winter and while I knew what it was it just didn't register that it was still capable of making me miserable; it used to be that all I had to do was look at the stuff and I would get it. I carried it to the burn pile by the bundle and it was a nice warm winter day so I had on a short sleeve shirt. I ended up visiting the doctor over that one. Also when I took the HOT shower I almost passed out. I think that so many histamines were released that I was going into shock.
 

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Glad y'all were able to get a chuckle out of my "miscalculations"... I lead a rather interesting life here... Well, I do just happen to have a jacuzzi, and it has been getting used. It helps. I've also been wiping down with alcohol to dry them out.The problem with separating the kids is catching the danged things... They are self propelled ping pong kids. They are fast and very hard to trap. Thought it was bad trying to catch them up at your place... They've matured!

Sorry about your bout with poison oak Babs... I have never had it that I know of and don't even know what it looks like. When a kid we had poison ivy and poison sumac... I never got sumac, just the ivy.

I need to build a milk stand. Maybe this weekend.
 

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honest we're not laughing at but laughing with you. ok, i'm not being real truthful here, we're laughing at you but I can bet that every one of us has done something similar at one time or another. so we really do feel your pain, errr itch.
and you know that you can lock up mom and leave the babies for aunt dot to baby sit. just a thought.
 

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Poison oak and ivy look very similar, the oak has softer looking lobes on the leaves. They have the same irritating oil... Urushiol...so I imagine that the rash is the same.
 

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In a much younger place in my life, I went out back with a weed sling, dressed in shorts and a halter top. I decimated the poison oak, but it got me back. I can laugh at you because I have done practically the same and paid dearly for it. :lol: The I had to go to work in steel toed boots, jeans, long sleeved denim shirt, safety glasses, gloves, all while my skin was on fire. ;)
 

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IMAG2268.jpg ....This is eastern poison oak, it has 5 leaves and they are jagged around the edges.
IMAG2267.jpg ....This is poison ivy, its leaves are in triplets, and the 2 outer leaves look like mittens with a jagged middle leaf.
IMAG2273.jpg ....here they are growing together on an oak tree. Whether on the ground or up a tree they usually be around each other, along with sumac. Mainly in partial sun to full shade and is very prolific.
 

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TMI, but :lol: but trust me, I do sympathize with you! I also get poison ivy really, really bad, and moved here to 6 acres of LOTS of poison ivy. I once spent a couple hours clearing out poison ivy vines from a flower bed, that's when I discovered that latex gloves are only oil resistant for about 15 minutes - yep, poison ivy all over both hands, arms up to my elbows, and on my face where I'd touched without noticing. That's when I discovered the wonders of steroids :) But I took a much lower dose than they prescribed, just enough to be effective, and tapered down from there.

I now have a 3-glove system when I'm going to be cutting or pulling it. Nitrile gloves first, then the long OB sleeves that go to your shoulder, then latex gloves on top. I have dedicated poison ivy tools (folding saw, pruners) in a bucket that I only touch when gloved up. I touch nothing with those gloves, once I've touched poison ivy. Once done, remove gloves without touching skin or clothing, and go in and wash anyway. I have not gotten it when I follow this routine and am careful about cross contamination.

I am so sensitive to the oil in poison ivy that I get the same rash from touching cashews (they are related). I hardly get it now, but that's only because I stay very aware of what I'm touching, and if I make contact I make sure to go in and wash within 15 minutes. Between me and the ponies and sheep, we've gotten rid of most of it around the house and in the pasture. Now the worst areas are outside the pasture fence, right where I need to keep mowed and cleared. There's poison ivy vines going up trees that are massive - vines as big around as my arm.

Hope some of the home remedies folks have written about work for you, and it clears up fast.
 
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