So if your not like me and you suffer the effects of poison ivy, keep covered up this year near any brush and be on the lookout. Me I'll keep rolling around in it and laughing as you scratch
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Poison Ivy
Started by chilli, Jun 20 2010 06:55 PM
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Posted 20 June 2010 - 06:55 PM
I've never seen so much poison Ivy as I have this year. Lake Erie and the Upper Niagara River are loaded with it and so is the bush. I thought this stuff preferred rocky shorelines but I'm seeing the wetlands carpeted with it. Luckily I'm not allergic to it as I fell face fist into some today while pushing my kayak up the bank.
So if your not like me and you suffer the effects of poison ivy, keep covered up this year near any brush and be on the lookout. Me I'll keep rolling around in it and laughing as you scratch
So if your not like me and you suffer the effects of poison ivy, keep covered up this year near any brush and be on the lookout. Me I'll keep rolling around in it and laughing as you scratch
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Posted 20 June 2010 - 06:57 PM
We went for a hike and came to a clearing about the size of a small farmers field after walking through the field we realised it was covered with poison ivy.....
I think im not allergic to it either but my dad got it pretty bad.
I think im not allergic to it either but my dad got it pretty bad.
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Posted 20 June 2010 - 09:13 PM
Like so many other undergrowth plants, they are thriving in this wet year. I've gone through a lot of weed killer on poison ivy so far this year.
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Posted 20 June 2010 - 10:15 PM
the first and last time I got poison ivy was going down the bank of the Niagara R. just down river from Queenston . We were digging up worms from rotted leaves and didn't know we were in the ivy . If you get it on your hands , then have a whizz ......... 
it will drive you nuts !
it will drive you nuts !
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:07 AM
smerchly, on Jun 20 2010, 11:15 PM, said:
the first and last time I got poison ivy was going down the bank of the Niagara R. just down river from Queenston . We were digging up worms from rotted leaves and didn't know we were in the ivy . If you get it on your hands , then have a whizz ......... it will drive you nuts !
it will drive you nuts !Haha, that's funny Bill, I got a bit of poison ivy in that area climbing up the side of the hill just upstream of the backdrift there a few yrs back. It gets hidden sometimes among all the rest of the plants and it loves the Niagara escarpment area. There's also lots of it around the Hamilton harbour.
Nothing funny about the nasty rash and insane itch there is.
If u find yourself in the patch of 3 leaves it's already too late so best thing to do is to watch for it and avoid it. Covering yourself up won't help since the urushiol oil that ppl are allergic to will already be on u somewhere. Everywhere u think u touched from the plants needs to be cleaned with rubbing alcohol to remove the oil since it can also stay on a surface for up to a year.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 06:54 AM
As a kid born 1950, I was terribly allergic to it. Growing up in farm country I was a mess, even got it in my eyes from smoke from burning, off the dogs, missed school when it was really all over my body. It probably would have been early 60's our doctor gave me a series of 4 or 6 shots over several weeks and I have never had a problem with it since. Pretty sure this solution and better ones have evolved over the past 50 years.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 06:55 AM
I've had poison ivy growing in my back yard for twenty years. Can't seem to get rid of it.
Doesn't seem to bother me, but I don't go rolling in it
Doesn't seem to bother me, but I don't go rolling in it
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 06:59 AM
bigugli, on Jun 20 2010, 10:13 PM, said:
Like so many other undergrowth plants, they are thriving in this wet year. I've gone through a lot of weed killer on poison ivy so far this year.
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the place is loaded with it, especially the escarpment, Beamer's Conservation area is a good place to stay away from if you get it.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 07:16 AM
If anyone gets it, let me know. I have a few good remedies for it. I found out, the allergy can change. I wasn't allergic to is as a kid, but I am now. I also found out the oil in the stem and root is ten times more potent than the oil on the leaves. So break the plant, no matter who you are, you'll get it.
I had it a few years ago, for three weeks, and nothing would work on it. There's a few more savage treatments to stop the itching, but I also have some pain free options to stop the spread, and help get it out easier. Just PM me if you have trouble.
I had it a few years ago, for three weeks, and nothing would work on it. There's a few more savage treatments to stop the itching, but I also have some pain free options to stop the spread, and help get it out easier. Just PM me if you have trouble.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:04 PM
I found out the hard way that u can get it from the roots or stem (and vines) when there aren't even any leaves to be seen. When I worked for a landscape maintenance company yrs ago, we were cleaning up the dead weeds and leaves around the back of a building in late Nov and I got the familiar poison ivy spots and itch. I also got a good dose of poison sumac in the summer of that year using the weed trimmer around another building and had never seen that plant before.
Had poison oak I figure once also from the shore of Lake Erie cuz when I went back to look for poison ivy, there was just vines along the rocks with small oak shaped leaves. They all contain that nasty urushiol oil and only one nanogram is needed to cause a rash.
The best stuff I've found that helps get rid of the itch almost right away is an antiseptic Buro-sol solution mix and then use hydrocortisone to clear up the spots. I've found that after using that, the rash and spots are gone in 10 days unless u get a prescrip. for a more powerful cream from a doctor.
Here's an interesting link, although the colour of the leaves in the pics for the different plants change through out the seasons. The link also talks about removing deer ticks.
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD FACT SHEETS
(TICK AND POISON IVY/OAK)
http://www.mmr.org/IRP/hasp/HASP%20Attachm...achment%208.pdf
Had poison oak I figure once also from the shore of Lake Erie cuz when I went back to look for poison ivy, there was just vines along the rocks with small oak shaped leaves. They all contain that nasty urushiol oil and only one nanogram is needed to cause a rash.
The best stuff I've found that helps get rid of the itch almost right away is an antiseptic Buro-sol solution mix and then use hydrocortisone to clear up the spots. I've found that after using that, the rash and spots are gone in 10 days unless u get a prescrip. for a more powerful cream from a doctor.
Here's an interesting link, although the colour of the leaves in the pics for the different plants change through out the seasons. The link also talks about removing deer ticks.
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD FACT SHEETS
(TICK AND POISON IVY/OAK)
http://www.mmr.org/IRP/hasp/HASP%20Attachm...achment%208.pdf
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:22 PM
careful how cocky you get with the ivy Dan, my girlfriends doctor warned me altho i dont seem to have any reaction to it now, later in life that may change. He told me that there has been studies suggesting the oils can be reactivated by pollens, and similar allergic reactions and cause you to break out in rashes again and again. This is Alyssa's 3rd year having blistering rashes that left scar. As far as we know she's only come in contact with the Ivy once.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 05:39 PM
I've only come across one washing solution for the skin. If you know you've touched it (like in your back yard), wash your hands in warm salt water, then soap. The salt water won't neutralize the oil, but it stops your skin from absorbing it. Washing really well with soap will wash it off, and 80% of the time, you won't get the rash.
If you DO get the rash, calamine lotion is suppose to work. It didn't for me, so I had to investigate alternatives. Once the oil is in your skin, it's almost impossible to get out, but some good solutions to help with it are:
1. Wash the infected area with 3:1 bleach, one or two times daily. It won't speed your recovery, but it does kill the itch. (If the itch lasts long enough, it'll bleach the hair on your body though)
2. Cover the area in a solid stick deodorant. It sounds crazy, but there's an ingredient in solid deodorants that will draw the oil from the skin. Once the rash starts to weep, blot with a paper towel or napkin to remove it. (Don't wipe, that will spread the oil)
Hope this helps people this year. Poison ivy has made me a believer, after my three weeks in hell with it. (and trust smerch when he says it's not good to get it on your equipment)
If you DO get the rash, calamine lotion is suppose to work. It didn't for me, so I had to investigate alternatives. Once the oil is in your skin, it's almost impossible to get out, but some good solutions to help with it are:
1. Wash the infected area with 3:1 bleach, one or two times daily. It won't speed your recovery, but it does kill the itch. (If the itch lasts long enough, it'll bleach the hair on your body though)
2. Cover the area in a solid stick deodorant. It sounds crazy, but there's an ingredient in solid deodorants that will draw the oil from the skin. Once the rash starts to weep, blot with a paper towel or napkin to remove it. (Don't wipe, that will spread the oil)
Hope this helps people this year. Poison ivy has made me a believer, after my three weeks in hell with it. (and trust smerch when he says it's not good to get it on your equipment)
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 08:38 PM
All of the local quarries appear to be full of it too. Windmill Point and Sherkston are completely rimmed with the stuff. Gotta watch the kids like a hawk this year.
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Posted 21 June 2010 - 11:56 PM
I've also seen lots of it along the banks of the Grand river and along the Bruce trail so it's everywhere around here. Funny that I don't think I've ever seen it in the Haliburton, Bancroft or even the Muskoka areas.
If u do a fair amount of hiking in the bush to fishing spots like I do and accidentally come into contact with the plants, keeping a small bottle of hand sanitizer that contains 60% alcohol or some rubbing alcohol in your backpack is a good idea and wiping with some paper towels.
About a month ago I had a few spots of poison ivy (about 6) on one arm and it had to have come from my backpack from the week before walking through the bush. Whenever I've had contact with it the rash comes out within 2 days and figured I had cleaned my hands and arms well the week before but it was still on my backpack when I went through it a week later. So I cleaned my backpack and everything in it with alcohol, no sense in taking chances of getting it again.
If u do a fair amount of hiking in the bush to fishing spots like I do and accidentally come into contact with the plants, keeping a small bottle of hand sanitizer that contains 60% alcohol or some rubbing alcohol in your backpack is a good idea and wiping with some paper towels.
About a month ago I had a few spots of poison ivy (about 6) on one arm and it had to have come from my backpack from the week before walking through the bush. Whenever I've had contact with it the rash comes out within 2 days and figured I had cleaned my hands and arms well the week before but it was still on my backpack when I went through it a week later. So I cleaned my backpack and everything in it with alcohol, no sense in taking chances of getting it again.
Edited by Rockfish, 22 June 2010 - 12:01 AM.
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