Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac

If you are trying to get it out of the ground, say its growing aside your house, your best way to kill it would be to pour gasoline on it and just let it soak into the soil, but it may kill any plants next to it. There is also some poison ivy killers, but they actually aren't as effective as gasoline.

If you are trying to get it off of your skin, there is really no way to completely just stop it. but you could try 'Ivy Dry' its a spray on liquid that you spray on the infected areas, and just leave it alone. But be aware it may burn and sting if you scratched open the boils from the poison ivy. It's also best to combine this with an anti-itch agent but if not, it works too.

Hope this helped.

Poison ivy [Toxicodendron radicans] actually is an allergen which becomes the irritant. The irritation/allergy is caused in 80% of humans is all due to presence of persistent urushiol resin. Urushiol is not an oil as some might think. Urushiol is considered poisonous. The reactions that it may cause in humans may or may not existent among animal populations. A pet dog may go outside, and come into direct contact with the oil, and have/ have no reaction. The dog's owner well may have a similar reaction when they touch the dogs previously exposed body parts.

The usual symptoms will be the same as any other contact dermatitis. A rash will form, often accompanied by itching. The more severe symptoms can be exhibited from a serious systemic allergic reaction instead of a simple local one. Systemic reactions can be extremely dangerous and could even result in death if untreated. These types of reactions often occur quickly but are treatable. If you are experiencing any of the following, a rash that includes most of your body, impaired breathing, swelling of the facial area, or dizziness or weakness, you should seek medical treatment immediately.

Unless you have a severe allergic reaction, poison ivy will not kill you. It's just extremely annoying and aggravating.

I've wondered about that a lot of times myself. But then I went up to my grandma's house and learned that not only do cats NOT get poison oak or poison ivy, but that other mamals don't seem to get it either. It semms to have something to do with a chemical in their fur. So, no cats do not get poison oak or poison ivy. So you have nothing to worry about.

As with any medical treatment, you should ask your doctor how long you should wait before drinking alcohol. Common sense would tell you that at least 24 hours would be a minimum time but ask the doctor giving you any shot for his/her advice.

Identify it, cut it back and treat the base of the plant with a "Round-up" type product. [Try not to burn piles of Poison Ivy's.]

No it is very dangerous to eat.

It is a small or large red spot or spots. Feels kinda moist but dry at the same time. Skin is hard and a little puffy. Itches like crazy every once in a while. Feels a little sore any other time. A couple open wounds scabbed over on a bigger bump.

No. Poison Oak is a different species than oak trees. Poison Oak is a shrub with leaves that look similar to an oak trees.

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Usually, no. In SEVERE cases a doctor may prescribe different medicines, but usually an anti-itching lotion is used. Scratching the blisters or rash does not spread it, but that CAN damage the skin, and lead to infection.

Poison Ivy is going to be on the Jonas Brothers new CD that is called Lines, Vines, And Trying Times, which will be in stores Worldwide on June 15th, 2009.

Yes the only animals to be allergic to poison ivy are humans.

No.

Poison sumac has green or white berries. Good sumac has red berry clusters. You can take the red clusters, and crush then steep in cold water, then strain through cheesecloth to make a lemonade-flavored beverage, called "sumac-ade" or "Indian lemonade". MMM MMM good.

YES

Typically several hours to about a day after contact with the poison ivy plant (the leaves or the vine) or oil from the plant.

Note that you can get a poison ivy rash if someone who is not sensitive touches the plant and then gets urushiol (the oil that causes a reaction in some people to poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac) on your skin. You can even get a poison ivy rash from petting your dog or cat after it has brushed up against a poison ivy plant. Also note that the vines and the leaves can contain urushiol long after the plant has died, and burning poison ivy foliage can release the urushiol into the air, potentially causing a poison ivy rash on the inside of your lungs.

If you know that you have come in contact with poison ivy but have not yet developed the rash, you may be able to prevent or reduce the rash by washing in cold water with special soap that binds to the urushiol. However, washing in warm or hot water will spread the urushiol across a larger area of skin.

Altitudes below 4,900 feet (1,500 meters) are the places where poison ivy grows in the United States of America. The perennial is neither poisonous -- although its urushiol provokes allergic reactions in people, not wildlife -- nor an ivy. As a shrub, understory plant, or vine, the plant may be found classified as Toxicodendron orientale in east Asia, Toxicodendron radicans in North America (central and east Canada, mountainous northern Mexico, the United States east of the Rockies), and Toxicodendron rydbergii in central and western Canada and the United States (central, New England, west).

I don't know the exact scientific time limits but I can tell you from my personal experience. Personally I start to break out between 24-48 hrs and not before 24. Then it seems the rash does not fully mature until 72-96 hours. It all depends how sensitive your skin is and how much of the oil you came in contact with. Some people can break out within a few hours. But I'm pretty sure if you don't break out within 72 hours you won't break out at all. Hope that helps.

if you are talking about the plant... well, they don't go away by themselves and even sometimes persist after you've dumped weed killer on them.

the rash can last from a few days to two and a half weeks, depending on how badly you got it. in my experience, the itch goes away shortly after the blisters start 'weeping' or leaking fluid by themselves. the rash goes away shortly after that. you may have a scar where rash was, but that goes away after a several days as well. if you didn't get it badly enough to get blisters, thank your lucky stars, you'll only have it for four maybe five days.

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