Poison Ivy Help PLEASE!?

Ok so i was playing paintball in the woods and i got poison ivy, I was trying to be careful I was wearing long pants and long shirt and right when i got back i took a long shower...but some how i still got it and its spreading fast...My friend was with me the whole time and if he even smells it he gets it. he said that he went home took a show and put Bleach all over his body then took another one and he didn't get it. So I'm wondering if i should use bleach on the areas that have it so far or what i took another shower changed my sheets and so on. I had it last summer and it got so bad and speaded so fast i had to go to the dr. and he gave me some steriod pills witch killed it but messed up everything else in my body, Im a diabetic it made my numbers go everywere i started to have very bad pain in my stomach and only got worse that went on for about 4 or so months till i finally got it all back under control. So i really dont what to go back to the dr. so what do i do? Thanks.........

Poison Ivy Help PLEASE!?
ok, try putting alchohol on the itchy areas. it'll burn for a couple of seconds, but it will make it stop itching. then put fingernail polish/ fingernail polish remover on it, to seal it off and prevent it from spreading as much.
Reply:you fool you don't bleach yourself-use calamine lotion and don't go into the woods with paintball guns anymore
Reply:an old OLD remedy that works WONDERFULLY---my father used it on us when we were kids 50 years ago..... get some bleach and a HORSERADISH ROOT (root can be purchased in the produce section at any grocery store).... WASH the root and chop it up rather fine (food processor will do it beautifully)... put the chopped up horseradish in a bowl and pour enough bleach into it to make a rather Thick paste---spread this paste carefully over the affected area (don't spill any cause the bleach WILL bleach anywhere it touches)...and leave it on till it dries.... then brush off the excess... do this again twice more during the day and within 24 hours, the poison ivy should be almost completely dried up and NO MORE ITCHING as soon as you put the past on.
Reply:SORRY BUDDY, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THIS POISION IVY, IF IT IS SPREADING IT WILL NOT STOP. THIS IS DANGEROUS IF IT GETS TO BAD, IT CAN GO INTO THE LUNGS. I KNOW THAT IT DOES MESS WITH YOUR NUMBERS, YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY AND WORK THUR IT. SO GET TO THE DOCTOR AND GET YOUR DOSE PACK OF STERIODS AND START TAKING THEM BEFORE YOU GET REALLY BAD. ALSO HAVING THIS AND GETTING SICK WILL MAKE YOUR NUMBERS GO SKY HIGH. DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T. GO TO THE DOCTOR
Reply:Good luck, we just got over PI at our house. You only about a 30 min window from exposure to washing it off. Once the oil is absorbed in your skin, you've been exposed.


What can you do now? Cold showers, cold compresses (keeps the skin and blood vessels constricted), any otc antihistamine (benadryl), and plenty of calamine lotion. A spray on antiperspirant (sticks will irritate the skin) also helps. Your goal is to get the blisters dried out. Don't worry about the blisters breaking, that isn't how it is spread, but you want them to dry out.


I guess there are some commercial remedies designed for PI, I have heard they work, but am unsure. If it's bad enough, your going to have to see a doctor. I feel for you, it is a nasty, miserable plant.