Posted on 06/14/2007 5:01:50 AM PDT by MississippiMasterpiece
Not sure about the poison ivy or poison oak... but being a Mississippi native myself, if you have honey suckle and bass fishing on the property then a little itching is worth it.
You got the best advice from the first response, Zanfel. I got PI from my dog and it got into a scratch and spread all over me. I did the steroids and calamine. I finally tried Zanfel and it was the only thing that worked.
I am seriously allergic.
A few years ago I was with a small group on a six-day canyoneering trip down Death Hollow in S. UT, which has no trail.
It turned out the entire lower 10 miles of this canyon is filled wall to wall with PI averaging about six feet deep. I envisioned myself ready to check into the hospital by the time we made it to the car.
The canyon also had a nice fast clear stream in it, which we had to wade every hundred yards or so. I just submerged myself and pack each time I waded the stream.
Never developed a single blister.
I remembered seeing your thread so I looked up a link for you this AM.
“Tecnu is actually new information for me. FReepers always add value, eh?
I’ll see if I can get some at my local ACE h’ware or perhaps the Piggly Wiggly ;-)”
You can order that and more treatments here online...
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