Damnit!!!!!!

well, it sucks, but im covered in poisen sumac. i hate that damn plant. ive bleached it and i have caladryll lotion on it right now to help dry it up, but it burns like a mother. i got it from helping my buddy put up a deer stand on sunday afternoon in the woods. Bow season opens the 13th here in NC

 

Poison sumac doesn't cause skin rashes. It is called so because it small like nuts but is toxic to consume.

However if it is still relatively fresh, carborator cleaner does a doo job of sucking the oils out

 

our season started a month earlier! and by some mirracle I'm not alergic to any poision ivy or oak...etc

 

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well, its either sumac or oak. it aint ivy cause im not allergic to that stuff.
I gotta suffer through it for a couple more days. hopefully it will get cleared up by next week sometime.

 

Sorry to hear that man! Sounds like Poison Oak to me, by the description you said.

 

That really sucks. I know what it is like. I usually don't get poison Ivy or oak unless I have a real bad exposure. And having a bad exposure means I get it bad.

Some examples. I burned a log that had a hairy Ivy root on it. I figure it was dead. It wasn't.

I have to weed eat a lot at work and mulching it up with the weedeater and flinging against my bare skin will do it haha

 

Sounds like oak to me, probably had a vine growing on the tree somewhere. If you have medical, see a doctor and ask for steroids to get it under control sooner than later. Good luck with your bow season, sounds like you earned it.

 

A bunch of beer to forget the itches and cold shower has helped me in the past get over it...good luck. I have found that after getting the shit earlier in life, you sorta build up a resistance to it the next time.

 

i get the shit bad !!!!!!!!!!! here's what you do. if really bad go to dr. and get a shot of pregnisone(steroid) go to a cvs,rite-aid etc.get some oak-n -ivy shit called (tecnu)
and give yourself a good scrubbing this will help remove the oils and help keep from spreading.Drink about a gallon or so of benadryl(kidding) this wiil help itching and dry out oils.Best thing to do is all the above and then drag your'e sorry ass to the ocean and let the sand and saltwater do it's thing. Stop jerking off!!!! (lol) No Seriously !!!!!!

 

^^^ oh yeah i know about technu. its good stuff.

well, heres whats most likely gonna happen. im gonna see a doctor this week sometime. im gonna get either a shot or pills most likely a shot and im gonna be done with this stuff. thanks for all the input guys.

btw, its just started to ooze yellow puss like fluid today. somebody told me that it could get infected so im gonna get it cleared up in a day or two with the shot hopefully

 

yeah. well my weekend is ruined

 

yeah. this doesnt itch as much as it burns. and i dont even scratch it and it shows up inlike one little pimple looking thing then it gets everywhere.

Today i looked like a poka dotted leopard with my calamine lotion . i tell people its lepersy. hahaha

 

well, heres the verdict. i called my doc and they gave me some samples of high strength steroid to take with my meals. so i started the dosage tonight at dinner and they also gave me some topical cream to put on it. doc said the steroid would make me loopy and irritable. great. just great. but now at least i can get this shit cleared up in a couple days instead of a couple weeks. the steroid stuff is called prednizone and the cream is cutivate.

 

Go to your local drug store and see if they have "technu" i used it on some ivy rash, it is made to wash away the oils and stop the itching. It works really good trust me i am highly sensitive to all three : )