Places I’ve gotten poison ivy from working wood

Wait till you get into Wild Parsnip! Good lord is that stuff ugly. Worth researching guys. Just showed up in my neck of the woods a handful of years ago. Its taken over. Noooooo good. Just to add some more good news

Not to change the scope of the topic.....

 

I’ve heard that people have gone over it with mowers and then breathed in the fragments and gotten it internally

 

I don't think that happened, but the dust got everywhere when I emptied the lawnmower bag.

 

There has to be something about our age and getting poison ivy. I have heard from others and speak from personal experience.
I'm guessing that in my forties I started getting it but for sure I was in it a lot before. Now it seems I can drive by it with the
window down and get it. Didn't even know what it looked like until I started getting it. Wild Parsnip? That's a new one on me.

 

I don't react to the stuff thankfully, but I witnessed a friend of mine rub his skin with sandpaper, and the pour gasoline over it. Hurts like a !@#$ but it's effective at getting rid of it quickly.

 

Scuff psd then acetone does the trick. Dries it right up. Scuff pad

 

Do NOT use bleach. Friend from college tried that and lost all of the pigment in his face.

 

Fortunately don't get poison ivy too often... only a couple small bouts from wood cutting. I did get it bad enough one time to require a steroid treatment. That was after going to the urgent care. The nurse practitioner appeared to be shocked at the extent of coverage on my legs. Got it from trying to rip out a patch of groundcover. The ivy was hiding in that. Ugh.

 

I’ve used bleach plenty of times. Dabbed a cotton ball in it and then rubbed on my skin. Maybe he used too much? Had a pre existing condition?

 

When I was in my 20's I could work in it for hours and never get a rash at all. Now if a poison ivy leaf touches me I'd better wash the oil off, or I'll break out bad.

 

I feel your pain. I’ve had it everywhere...literally. I avoid it now whenever I can and if I can’t I wear long sleeves, gloves and I’ve even worn a dust mask mowing around it. I sweat like a hostage in the summer but I don’t care. Another good reason to work the firewood in the winter

 

I have always got a rash from touching it, but its always been pretty localized so must take alot of the oil for my body to react.

 

I’ve gotten it in January

 

A few years ago I was putting up my tree stand. Once I was done securing it, it was then I noticed those vines climbing up the trunk...........too late.

 

were you itching to get it done? Welcome to the FHC PBunyan . Great to have you here!

 

Also welcome PBunyan! Can you give us a hint where you are in New England?