poison ivy

breederman · September 17, 2003, 02:34:44 PM

i'm on im with college daughter in VA she got in poison ivy what do you guys use on it?

SW_IOWA_SAWYER · September 17, 2003, 02:51:57 PM

I have never tried this but I have heard it does work
http://www.zanfel.com/

breederman · September 17, 2003, 02:58:11 PM

thanks ,when we were kids mom would make us wash with fels naptha soap.I wonder if this stuff is related.

Ron Wenrich · September 17, 2003, 03:47:12 PM

I don't get poison ivy very quickly, so a lot of what I've heard is from other people.

If it is already blistered, then you might want to try calamine lotion. Its available over the counter.

If you have just walked through it, than any strong soap will wash away most of the oils. The oils is what you are alergic to. I've even heard of people using clorox.

breederman · September 17, 2003, 04:27:48 PM

clorox will dry it up but I think it is an off lable use! I don't think my eighteen year old daughter would put up with the burn either :'(

EZ · September 17, 2003, 05:03:06 PM

Preperation-H
EZ

ohsoloco · September 17, 2003, 05:17:04 PM

I've used bleach to dry up mild cases of poison ivy. If it's bad enough, then go to the doctor...they can hook ya up with prednisone (sp?) and betamethazone cream...works real good.

Haytrader · September 17, 2003, 05:21:28 PM

Isn't that Zanfel stuff what Paul Harvey has been makin such a hissy about? Supposed to be durn near a miracle they way he says it. Coure, he may be gettin paid to say that.
;)
If it works, don't matter who told ya, right?

breederman · September 18, 2003, 05:09:16 AM

she went the calimine/benidril route was feeling better last night.

MARIAN · September 18, 2003, 08:15:17 AM

;) BOTH MY SONS JUST HAD POSIN IVY. MY YOUNGEST EVEN HAD IT ON HIS EYELIDS! DON'T DO ANYTHING. CALL THE DOCTOR. THEY WON'T PRESCRIBE ANYTHING UNLESS IT'S ON 3 OR MORE EXTREMITIES BUT IF IT IS THEY'LL GIVE HER PREDNISONE IF IT'S BAD ENOUGH. MY BOYS GOT A TOPICAL CREAM CALLED ELOCON AND IT WORKED IN TWO DAYS. ALL THE BLISTERS WERE GONE. TAKING A LOT OF BATHS WILL HELP THE BLISTERS TO SWELL AND BURST. THAT WILL START THE HEALING PROCESS. KEEPING THE AREA COVERED WITH TEGADERM WILL MINIMIZE SCARRING.

woodchip · September 18, 2003, 10:51:52 AM

Wash with ivory soap then apply calimine. :P

Greenman · September 18, 2003, 03:38:01 PM

I'm terribly allergic to poison ivy. I get it at least twice a year, sometimes more. And even in the winter (TSI). My doctor thinks it's hillarious.

Whenever I know I've gotten into it, I wash with Tecnu, which is made by a company called Oak-n-Ivy. Seems to prevent the rash a lot of the time. If I get the rash, I just mope around for about a week covered with Benadryl cream or Cortisone 10 unless I get it in the face. That's when I go to the doctor. I have learned to not touch my face with my hands when I go outside.

I feel for her. I hate the stuff.

breederman · September 21, 2003, 06:30:21 PM

talked with her today, she thought it was getting better but it was worse today.I guess the worst is on her legs and since the storm she has been wearing long pants. I told her to wear shorts to give it some air but she said her legs are too hairy :