View Poll Results: Poison Ivy: Allergic or Not
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allergic to poison ivy?
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allergic to poison ivy?
i'm watching mythbusters and they just said 10% of people are immune to poison ivy. i was just curious if dtr has an equivalent ratio.
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I'd say I'm 90% immune to it. If i get into it, and wash my hands or whatever comes in contact with it off within an hour or so, I won't have any symtoms at all. If i just roll around in it and rub it all over and never wipe it off, even then it's only mildly irritating. I know people who seem to catch it just looking at it though!!!
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Can't say that I really know ... don't think I have ever been in contact with the stuff. I get pretty itchy from the stinging nettles out here in the forest ... I would assume I would react to poison ivy or poison oak also.
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Originally Posted by BigBlue
Yup. Didn't even realize I touched it one day and the next thing I know it's all over my arms and stomach and back. It was bad.
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I get it, therefore I watch very closely for it, if I do touch it I wash that spot as soon as possible, then switch to I ain't itchin mode..... goes away in a couple days. makes me wonder how the heck the Deer around here eat the dang stuff?????
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Originally Posted by BigBlue
Yup. Didn't even realize I touched it one day and the next thing I know it's all over my arms and stomach and back. It was bad.
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I hope you're down wind from me. I get it pretty bad, I can spot the stuff a mile away. I'm amazed I don't have any near the cabin anywhere. The stuff is all over the Pine River down the road. My mother gets it bad too. We're convinced the the more frequently you get it, the worse you react. I'm not so sure people are immune to it, just probably not good conditions when they were around it. Stay away from the vines in the winter too. Of course, evreybody should experience it once... it builds character...
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I would never get it as a kid and grew up in a small town next to a creek I could roll around in it and would not get it, then about 4 years ago I was cleaning behind a buddys barn and it was thick, 6 days later was in the hospital with 103 fever and in my mouth and eyes and throught. Had it on my wrist up to my elbows so bad my arm was about 3 times bigger. Now if I Know Im going to be around it I take this pill my father in law gave me that really minimizes its efect pretty cool stuff. I will try and get the name for you.