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Speaking of woodwork and poison plants.... Sometimes urush sap, which is in the same family, will get used as a finish on flooring or other interior parts. I have heard some stories of the inhabitants getting the rash from contact before it was fully cured. It happened to the staff at a...

I guess you couldn't call it so much a respect thing...just for lack of a better word. It's just that I get the ivy bad, and the half and half bleach mix has really helped me out. For sure the bleach dries it out, but at least with the water it doesn't burn you.

If I was right about the hot water treatment, then just maybe I'm right too about the laundry bleach and water mix. It's hard to get respect in this thread.

We have a poisonous centipede. The sting isn't too serious, but they are slimy, and generally unpleasant to my mind. I had one crawl up my trousers once when I was laying down, noticed a funny sensation when it was about at my thigh, but no sting. It would have made the Guinness book for fast...

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Just think if you had the chicken pox and the ivy at the same time. :|: I've had both bad, together would be a wipeout.

There is some itch there for sure, poor girl.

You would think that the urushi artists that are around the oil everyday would develop an immunity, but apparently they don't.

I have never used a processor, but I think that if I was splitting wood all day, I'd want to be drinking beer too. :/:

The last time I had a broken finger I recall it hurt like hell. Wish i had thought of fishing as a remedy. Take care, Chris, have a good trip.

Probably in itch city, poor guy.

Sounds highly plausible about the airborne. On occasion I have an urushi artist put some finish on my woodwork. While in his shop I can sometimes feel these little prickles on my face from whatever is in the air. His labrador lapped up some urushi once, the poor thing's lips got enormous and...

Guess i should say it one more time, bleach works if you put it on repeatedly during the day, and the half and half mixture is what you want. Putting on straight bleach a few times won't be harmful, but repeatedly over a couple of days will burn off the skin and you probably won't notice what...

Try and stop it before it gets to your privates, take my word for it.

Ditto, Chris, if it is spreading quickly, you should consider going to a doctor for a shot, that case is looking rather bad.

Careful with the straight bleach, repeated applications will burn you but you don't realize it. Diluted is better over time. That hot water immersion does work for quick but temporary relief. i had it all over my body once, terrible thing so I went and got a shot.

With purchased medication, how long do you find that it takes before the rash doesn't bother you anymore? With the bleach method, I would say around 2-3 days.

Chris, I get it bad too. What I have found that works very good is a half and half mixture of liquid laundry bleach and water. It won't burn you but it dries the rash out quick and stops the itching. Straight bleach will burn. Apply it a number of times per day (important). I think the more...