With summer comes hike’s in the woods, walks through the parks, as well as other various outdoor activities. Hiding in the outdoors is a harmful and extremely irritating plant called poison ivy. Anyone who has ever had a case of poison ivy knows to watch out for it when the weather starts to warm up. ...
I had never been bothered by poison ivy until I was much older. When I was younger, I could wade through fields of it without any ill effects. Such is not the case now. Now I can just look at the stuff and start itching. Fortunately, there are certain herbs that can be used to ...
Since I was about 16 years old, I have gotten poison ivy regularly, and every summer, my reaction has gotten worse. While I used to get a small patch of itchy, painful blisters, over time, my reactions to the plant have become progressively more awful, to the point where a single exposure can result in ...
If you have ever suffered from a case of poison ivy then you know you do not have to ask the question, “Is this rash poison ivy?” The most memorable symptom of a poison ivy rash is the itch. It is an itch unlike anything you have ever imagined. Mosquito bites, dry skin and healing ...
Previously published on Factoidz.com Systemic poison ivy results from an extreme allergic reaction to the urushiol oil from the poison ivy plant. Normally, reactions to poison ivy result in rashes on the skin in a restricted area. The place where the oil touched the skin will normally rash up and then blister up before it ...
Poison ivy is one of the true plagues of the spring and summer seasons. It is an invasive plant that thrives in all states but Alaska and it is estimated that over 85% of the population is sensitive to this plant. In fact it is the most common allergy known with over 350,000 cases reported ...
Of course the best way to treat poison ivy is to prevent it in the first place. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, you develop the characteristic itching and rash associated with this irritating plant. The problem is this plant can be difficult to detect when you’re outside as it often hides underneath other plants. If ...
When I purchased my property years ago, it was a vacant, neglected space that was overgrown with a variety of invasive trees and plants, including poison ivy, A little cautious hard work rid the property of the poison menace without wreaking havoc to my skin. Poison ivy thrives in shady, overgrown landscape locations, and as ...
You’re hiking in the woods. Along the way, you’ve noticed poison ivy and there have even been some massive hairy vines growing up the sides of large trees. Near a stream you see a few trees just covered with poison ivy. You are curious what kind of tree this is that the ivy has gotten ...
Until last week, I had always thought of poison ivy as something that created a small itchy spot that went away with about two days of hydrocortisone cream application. Over the course of the last week, I have learned more than I ever wanted to know about poison ivy, the rash it creates and ways ...
