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Geek Culture / Oh no... Poison Oak/Ivy or whatever it is...

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Xenocythe
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 01:49
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Well, whatever I have... I have it... I'll try to explain it...


Its higly contagous, if I touch a part of my body with it and touch a part of my body without it it spreads within 15 seconds to that spot.


Its like these big large flat bubbles all over my body... thank god not on my face.. cuz they are sooo itchy...


How in the world will I get rid of this? Its so digusting, and annoying. Have any of you experienced this before?


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IanG
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 01:54
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nope - but i seriously advise going to a doctor or your local a&e


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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 02:02
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Quote: "http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view/fastfacts.html"


scroll down to myths vs facts.

Quote: "Rubbing the rashes won't spread poison ivy to other parts of your body (or to another person). You spread the rash only if urushiol oil -- the sticky, resinlike substance that causes the rash -- has been left on your hands."


go wash them!

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Medieval Coder
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 03:59 Edited at: 25th Aug 2006 04:00
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Do you really mean 15 minutes or a few hours or so?

If its poision ivy, I suggest calagel.


However if it is spreading in 15 minutes literaly GO TO THE DOCTER.

If it takes a few hours for them to appear its poision ivy...if its a few minutes its somthing that needs immediate help. Just dont get it on your face....that you WILL need to go to the doctor for. Because at first you face is a bumpy and then it gets worse and you face starts to swell. One of my moms eyes was swollen shut because of poison ivy, and thus she was taken to the emergency room.

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Oddmind
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dont get it into your blood stream.

Dry it out with anything, alchohol will do.

We get it all the time in Gerogia.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 04:56
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Quote: "Dry it out with anything, alchohol will do."


mythbusters busted that one, alcohol had no affect on poison oak.


you can use cortizone to relief the itching, but the drug store will have something to get rid of it.

and for god's sake man, dont scratch your nuts or you'll really be in discomfort!

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Medieval Coder
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 05:28
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I swear that calagel is the best stuff out there. Ive told two people about it in the last month. They both said the stuff was great.

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Xenocythe
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Well, its solving, took it to the Pharmasist, its slowly expanding, but as it expands it gets less itchier and it get smaller in height. So its basically spreading/fading away.

He gave me some tablets and this bath thing where it makes the spots itch less... pretty soothing...


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Medieval Coder
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 05:53
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Its worse at night...
Thats the hard part...if its hot...

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SageTech
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 06:05 Edited at: 25th Aug 2006 06:05
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Quote: "and for god's sake man, dont scratch your nuts or you'll really be in discomfort!"


Indeed, and whatever you do, DO NOT, er, indulge yourself in mature activities.

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 06:46 Edited at: 25th Aug 2006 06:47
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I've had the exact same thing a few days ago (from ragweed). If it's an allergic reaction, see a docotor and you'llbe put on some pills/spray.

And yeah, it was kinda creepy as your skin sorta feels like a soft turtle-shell.

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Dazzag
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Quote: "whatever you do, DO NOT, er, indulge yourself in mature activities"
Yeah, I was going to say that. So no one handed websites either (Thats supposed to be a blind man - subtle eh?)

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Xenocythe
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Posted: 25th Aug 2006 17:43
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Yeah Megation, he gave me some pills to use, and they are working slowly, but they are working.


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indi
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hehe, in australia stuff usually just kills you outright in minutes, vinegar helps prevent further stinging. its usually from box jellyfish when your swimming in the northern tropics. failure to apply vinegar or hotwater can result in death. luckily im a few hours south from beaches like that.

Poison Ivy sounds very unpleasant.





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JerBil
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 04:47
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Quote: "hehe, in australia stuff usually just kills you outright in minutes, vinegar helps prevent further stinging."


When you're dead, vinegar helps prevent stinging. Right.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 09:44
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or pee on it if possible when no vinegar is available at the beach.

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Medieval Coder
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 14:12
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Quote: "Poison Ivy sounds very unpleasant."


Its not the end of the world...or your life...

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Dave J
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 14:28
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Quote: "When you're dead, vinegar helps prevent stinging. Right."


Oh please, give yourself some credit. Surely someone like yourself can figure out what Indi meant.


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 17:21
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Xenocythe, how did you come incontact with this stuff in the first place? It wasnt while you where wiping your bum in the woods, was it?
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JerBil
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 17:25
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Quote: "Oh please, give yourself some credit. Surely someone like yourself can figure out what Indi meant.
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Sorry, I was trying to be funny, but it didn't come out that way.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 18:22
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Quote: "Oh please, give yourself some credit. Surely someone like yourself can figure out what Indi meant."

Oh please, give yourself some credit. Surely someone like yourself can figure out that he was being sarcastic.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 20:34
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Haha, you guys are so brutal


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Xenocythe
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Posted: 26th Aug 2006 20:35
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Its all gone... well almost.


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