As someone who severely suffered yearly as a child hot showers and calamine lotion were the only things that cleared the situation. The hot showers or baths allowed for the blisters to open and immediately by calamine lotion to dry them up. Otherwise, they would open randomly from scratching or clothing and spread to other areas.
Charles Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: sorry, I meant 3 weeks total; once I started the showers it was over in 3 days. After that episode I only used hot water to cure all my poison ivy interactions.......nothing else at all. This case was so bad that the doctor put it in his medical journal and got all the information he could from me about how I got it... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tad Winiecki" To: Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:51 AM Subject: Re: CS>Poison Ivy > Charles- If you read my post about my experiences that getting PI wet > spreads and increases the reaction, then you would understand why your > experience with the hot showers took 3 weeks to resolve, whereas mine > after > I learned to keep the rash very dry took only a few days. It's truely > painful though, I had to sleep with ice packs on my stomach for a few days > when I had the bad case similar to yours in extent. > > Nancy > > > - ---------------------------- > Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 20:55:34 -0400 > From: "Charles Sutton" > I contracted poison ivy when I was about 6 years old. Got it only on one > hand. That hand swelled up to over twice normal size. The doctor at that > time told Mom and Dad to soak it in epsom salts in water at hot as I could > stand it. The hot water is the only relief I got.....and it was time > alone > that actually did the healing.. > > Many years later I was hiking through the Ocala Forest in Florida, and cut > a > staff with a fork at the end for use as a snake stick, just in > case........It was hot summertime and I wiped the sweat off my face and > body > with my hands. Turned out that the stick was Poison Sumac. The same as > Ivy > (urushiol). of course I also had to pee on that trip. The long and short > of > it was since I skinned the stick and put it over my shoulders I got that > oil > EVERYWHERE. This time the doctor put me on prednisone. (he said that > was > all we had for such a serious case) The pred cost about 90.00 for 2oz > jar. > It did work some, but I finally remembered the hot water treatment, and > started hot showers, as hot as I could stand it...It felt wonderful! > I got the only good nights sleep in a week with the showers. I had to > have > one every 2 to 4 hours. I told the doctor about it, and he said and I > quote > "Don't do that; please don't do that" with no other explanation..... of > course I continued because it was the only releif I could find......again, > only time finally did the curing....about three weeks..... > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > > Carol Ann _______________________________ The Pessimist complains about the Wind; The Optimist expects it to change; The Realist adjusts the Sails. - The world needs more sailors. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone.
