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Poison Oak
2005-04-06, 1:19 PM #1
I went hiking last Sunday at Pinnacles national monument, and because we got so much rain this year there was a lot of poison oak. I never touched it, but i have patches al over my body that itch like hell. My right eye is also swollen shut. So, post any experiences or home remedies.
Big pain, and it won’t go away for at least two weeks. :(
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2005-04-06, 1:21 PM #2
They don't have poison oak my way, but there is stinging nettle. I've gotten into a patch of it once, but apparently about 8% of the population is immune to its effects, and I must be one of them.. :P

Hope you feel better soon..
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2005-04-06, 1:22 PM #3
What's poison oak?
nope.
2005-04-06, 1:23 PM #4
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
They don't have poison oak my way, but there is poison ivy and stinging nettle. I've gotten into a patch of stinging nettle once, but apparently about 8% of the population is immune to its effects, and I must be one of them.. :P

Hope you feel better soon..


I'm allergic to poison oak, but not poison ivy.

Poison oak, you can use certain compounds of household items like oatmeal on it. Otherwise, get some neosporin.
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2005-04-06, 1:40 PM #5
Quote:
Originally posted by Boco
What's poison oak?


the west-coast equivalent to poison ivy.

You get poison ivy in the east, you get poison oak out here. Other than that, both are very similar: Touch it and you're in for some hurt.
2005-04-06, 1:45 PM #6
Red is poison ivy, green is poison oak:
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2005-04-06, 1:46 PM #7
Utah seems like a cool place to live
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2005-04-06, 1:48 PM #8
Utah? Don't you mean Nevada and Idaho? Those two states don't seem to have any. :P
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-04-06, 1:53 PM #9
Yeah, I'm just saying that because John Stockton used to play for the Jazz.
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2005-04-06, 1:54 PM #10
That was random.. :P But yeah, I loved Stockton. You've just got to root for the short white guy in the NBA. :P
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-04-06, 1:55 PM #11
Lol, well actually I don't know anything about geography, and I wanted to pretend like I do. But yeah Stockton-Malone-Hornacek was awesome
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2005-04-06, 2:00 PM #12
Well, Nevada's an important one to remember, because it's your only place in the U.S. where hookers are legal. :p It's the one that looks like a giant triangleish thing that doesn't have any poison oak/ivy in it.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-04-06, 2:00 PM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
Utah? Don't you mean Nevada and Idaho? Those two states don't seem to have any. :P


Yeah, cause they've got no plants! :p
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2005-04-06, 2:04 PM #14
Quote:
Originally posted by Flexor
Yeah, cause they've got no plants! :p


Care to explain why Idaho has the largest forest in the contiguous US then?
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-04-06, 2:07 PM #15
OWNED.

Also nevada does have lots of plants. Come on. That was mean.
Warhead[97]
2005-04-06, 2:25 PM #16
Sometimes you don't even have to touch poison oak to get it. If it's been recently disturbed, it releases the oils into the air and you can get it that way. Worst of that is that you can breath it in and get it in your throat or lungs.
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2005-04-06, 2:26 PM #17
Your eye is swollen shut?


*cough*
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2005-04-06, 2:30 PM #18
WTH man... You should ask for permission before posting Ewoklovers picture like that! :o
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2005-04-06, 2:47 PM #19
I work in the summers at a camp where Poison Ivy is more than plentiful, yet I've never gotten it. I think I might be immune to it, but I'm not about to test this theory.
2005-04-06, 3:04 PM #20
Ok this is random, but my cousin used poison ivy as toilet paper last year.....thought I'd share that just to brighten everyones day...:p
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2005-04-06, 3:05 PM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by DSettahr
I work in the summers at a camp where Poison Ivy is more than plentiful, yet I've never gotten it. I think I might be immune to it, but I'm not about to test this theory.


*Ships a mysterious plant to DS*

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D E A T H
2005-04-06, 3:09 PM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by Bannik
Ok this is random, but my cousin used poison ivy as toilet paper last year.....thought I'd share that just to brighten everyones day...:p
Reminds me of a story...

A couple years ago, one of my friends, Jon, had gone on a camping trip and there was a new guy camper with them. They were out in the forest and the new guy needed to take a dump, so Jon told him to go over behind that tree. A few minutes later, the new guy asks what to use for toilet paper. Jon tells him to use the leaves. A minute later, the new guy comes back and says "the brown leaves were crunchy...."
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2005-04-06, 6:50 PM #23
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Originally posted by -Monoxide-
Your eye is swollen shut?


*cough*
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Now THAT is going to give me some nightmares.
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2005-04-06, 6:58 PM #24
There should be 1 red dot on that map in Southern California; poison ivy was imported to a small ranch to be shown off for some camping event, and it took root and is surviving (though not spreading, it's only in a maybe 1x1 mile area).

Also, I know there's something called poison sumac, anyone ever encounter it/know where it grows?

QM
2005-04-06, 6:59 PM #25
I had it when I was small. It (my skin) was so disgusting that I can't really describe it.
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2005-04-06, 7:06 PM #26
Despite being in forests many times, I have yet to get poison Ivy (or poison Oak, but you don't get that where I live). So I guess I'm immune. I don't really want to test that theory though; I try to avoid it whenever possible.
Stuff
2005-04-06, 7:31 PM #27
You mean to tell me that massassians have been outside?!! :eek:
This is retarded, and I mean drooling at the mouth
2005-04-06, 7:49 PM #28
I know, I know... there are bears outside. It's a scary place, but think of it as a video game. With really good graphics.
Stuff
2005-04-06, 8:07 PM #29
Quote:
Originally posted by Sloth
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I've never encountered poison ivy or oak, despite spending summers in Kentucky while growing up. Lucky considering how utterly infested that map makes it uot to be...
2005-04-06, 8:22 PM #30
Quote:
Originally posted by -Monoxide-
Your eye is swollen shut?


*cough*
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2005-04-06, 11:13 PM #31
i'm immune to poison ivy. :D
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2005-04-06, 11:17 PM #32
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Originally posted by Prince Xizor
Now THAT is going to give me some nightmares.


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Pissed Off?
2005-04-07, 12:07 AM #33
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2005-04-07, 8:07 AM #34
I saw the end of the url and thought of that christmas simpsons episode straight away...
nope.
2005-04-07, 9:39 AM #35
Today i'm staying home from school, the stuff has gotten to the ooze stage. gross and uncomftorable. I have to miss a swim meet that i was really looking foward to:( :( but i also get to miss a spanish test and math test. :p

Anyway i'm going tot he doctor in a minute, i might post a pic when i get back:p
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
2005-04-07, 9:42 AM #36
so is there much difference between poison oak/ivy and nettles?

we get ****loads of nettles around here but i've never come across these oaks and ivys.
2005-04-07, 11:29 AM #37
I think nettles are very mild compered to the oak and ivy. I have had all. My doc gave some steroids, it should clear up a little faster:D
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
2005-04-07, 12:35 PM #38
Yes, nettle mostly grows in the pacific northwest and is a lot milder than poison oak/ivy. It causes irritation on your skin for 1-24 hours depending on your sensitivity. It is an acid that causes this, so if you brush up against some, baking soda is good to help settle it down.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-04-07, 2:30 PM #39
Quote:
Originally posted by Ewoklover
Today i'm staying home from school, the stuff has gotten to the ooze stage. gross and uncomftorable.
yeah, that's the gross part... last october or so I had it all over my arms from yardwork... it was worth the $40 I got, but my arms were ugly with rash and ooze+scabs for about 2 weeks after before it had all gone away. Very itchy and irritated by touch. I think I just got it really bad though, b/c it's never lasted so long on me before.

hope you heal up soon.
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2005-04-07, 2:31 PM #40
We went camping once, and had to use a machete on a field of nettle taller than my waist to clear out a flat spot for the tent. God that hurt
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