i know its not about dogs

[Clay]

Poisin oak....Anybody found something that keeps you from getting it...that hog on tues bayed up in a thicket of it and i got it....Im not talking about something to put on after you got it but something to prevent or lessen the affects of it?

[Sean]

only remedy i know of for poison oak or ivy is calamine lotion. i've heard it helps a lot with that. can't say for sure because i'm not allergic to either one, so i've never had either.

[matt_aggie04]

I don't know any preventatives except for a long sleeve shirt but if you think you got into IMMEDIATELY rub the contacted areas down with alchohol.  This will sometimes lessen the effects of the of the plant.  I am not allergic to it, although I think have an allergy for everything else, so thank God I don't really have to worry about it. 
As a side note, my dad and I dug a trench for a water line when I was a kid and he was cleaning the trench out with a sharp shooter (shovel) and there were alot of roots sticking out of each side of the trench that we though nothing about.  The next day it was abvious that the roots had poison ivy on them and since it had all freshly been cut with the roots it got my dad BAD.  Went through his pants and all over his hands and since it was hot he was wiping the swet off his face and his face was covered in it and his eyes were swollen shut.  Without a dought the worst case I have ever seen, he was layed up for several days.
Matt

[Clay]

ya thats how bad my sister had it ..eyes swole shut and her whole face looked like one big blister...I have some stuff you put on before contact with oak or ivy but im a little sissy and wont test it to see if it works...Always try the prevention of staying out of it. That hog just didnt like me. Id go through a mile of rose hedge just to get around 10 feet of poisin oak.

[NThoghunter]

Took a friend hunting with me and he got it BADDD.  Since then he puts on this stuff called "ivy off" i think.  So far I havent heard any complaints from him...

[Sean]

wow, i misread this post. yeah, calamine won't keep you from getting it. just make you smell funny to the dogs and make you pink.lol. sorry about that.   

[Clay]

i think thats what i have......Who wants to be the test subject

[matt_aggie04]

There is a product out called Caladryl that I found to work really well on chigger bites and the like and is advertised for poison ivy and oak.  It is a clear liquid that contains both calamine lotion and benedryl (hence the name) and I was impressed with the way it worked.  It is the ONLY think that would allow me to sleep after an unbelievable red bug attack from my knees to my ankles earlier this summer.  It also has a drying effect to help with the draining of the blisters.
Matt

[mley1]

Here is a web site that lists all kinds of remedies, including home made from the kitchen or medicine cabinet. You can check it out here:
http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view/cures.html

[OutdoorGirl]

Thanks for telling us about that website....there were lots of ideas on how to help clay. Thanks again.

[swampdonkey]

i wish we would find sumthen clay cause i would be in line right behind u buyin everthing they had haha

[jlingle]

Alrighty.... I'd better chime in on this one.  I'm the world's worst poison ivy patient.  I have had poison ivy at least 3X's a year since I was 8 years old, and I'm 33 now.  I get it easily, but I'm just not gonna stay out of the woods hunting & fishing.  Ain't worth it to me, I ain't gonna quit hunting or fishing so I'll just have to learn how to get rid of it better.  First & foremost, if you know good and well that you've been in poison ivy, go get in some water and wash off.  I don't care if it's pond water, creek water, or faucet water, get somewhere and wash off all exposed skin.  Shuck the exposed clothing at your first opportunity.  You don't want that stuff in contact with your body any longer than necessary. 

I had a doctor once tell me that I needed to visit OU medical center & they could treat me with some stuff that would make me immune to poison ivy.  I went up there & they ran some allergy tests on me, and $600 later I find out there's no such shot that they can give me to keep me from getting poison ivy.  Used to be a shot that you could get, but they could never make up their minds whether or not it worked, so they removed it from the market.

When you take showers and you have poison ivy, take a cold shower.  The stuff will spread in a hot shower.  Hot water opens the pores in your skin, which is exactly why we take hot baths, because it gets us cleaner.  Unfortunately, open pores allows urishiol oil to transmit to different spots & spreads your poison ivy.  So take a cold shower, then dab off with the towel. 

As far as the best stuff to get rid of it: if you get poison ivy go to your local pharmacy & buy some stuff called Zanfel.  It comes in a small tube that'll cost you $40.  It's expensive, but it works like nothing else I've ever seen in my life.  It's a type of soap that you work into a lather in your hands, then rub like heck into the rash.  It's very gritty and it feels FANTASTIC to wash your poison ivy rash with it.  Besides how good it feels, it works.  If your rash ever itches again, reapply the stuff & it'll quit.  It usually kills the itch and begins driying up the rash after the first application.  Yes, it does work that well.... really.

If I get it by my eyes or nads, I go straight to the dr & get a shot.  I don't even have to see the dr anymore, he lets me just schedule the shot and get it from a nurse.  $50 and I'm gone again.  If I see the dr, my min. is $100....

[Clay]

Thanks jlingle..Im like you its either quit huntin or deal with the poisin oak....well yall know what i chose    ill have to try that stuff.. ive always used ivarest and it seemed to work ok but always rubs off easily.