Poison Ivy Oil

Why would you imagine the oil is very much in your house. Like no one ever thought that until you. Several weeks and no one has got a rash, heck even your husband didn't know it was poison ivy, not sure what make you now discover it was poison ivy. Even if it was poison ivy he may have not come in contact with the oil and even if he did it would have washed off quickly.

I guess I am saying you sound like a victim of google diagnosis, not a good thing.

By the way I am not even allergic to poison ivy, like I can pick it, brush against it and no rash. We went out to the country and whacked the heck out of poison ivy so that the side of the car was gooey. I got a rash because it was so concentrated, washed right off the car, no one else was harmed.

When you touch a poison ivy plant and the oils get on your skin, that part of your body may develop a rash. But that's all. Once you wash your hands or whatever touched the plant, the oils wash off. If you scratch the rash, that will likely irritate the rash, but it will not cause it to spread.

I guess I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you asking if there is oil on everything your husband touched? Are you asking if you or anyone else in your house will develop a rash?

Unless any of you were in contact with poison ivy, it is unlikely that you will develop a rash. Also, you said this was several weeks ago. If you didn't develop a rash within a couple of days you're not going to now.

I came into direct contact with poison ivy a number of years ago. No idea I had. By the time I developed a rash, I had been in a car, in my friends' home and sat on her couch, etc. before showering.

No one else got it (6 people) and I wasn't treated until days later (we were on vacation and I thought it was just an allergic reaction). It wasn't until I went in with scarred hands from scratching that they put me on strong corticosteroids that they told me what had happened.

I wore the clothes I was wearing again - because I didn't know, I had just thrown them in the wash and wore them again later on - they were fine - I never got a second wave of a rash. That was just regular washing.

So if you're concerned, I would just wipe down your house and wash any linens or clothing you think he might have touched.

Good luck :) I hope that eases your mind a bit.

i'm glad you've been reassured already. my dh is horribly allergic to poison anything, and will contract a miserable case of it even if he inadvertently brushes up against a dead-looking branch, or it gets burned in the burn pile. i catch it too if i faff about the fenceline and get embroiled in it, but not as easily or drastically as he.
but the oils aren't as dastardly as the intrAwebZ make them look. they wash off skin and clothes, and by the time they've brushed against something else 2nd and 3rd- hand the potency has waned. my dh has never caught it from sitting on the couch where someone with a rash has sat, KWIM?
khairete
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Yes, if you find the oil got on something, it can be removed. I'm not sure what fairy tale you're reading that told you the oil is not removable. Wash the clothing and bedding he was in contact with in the sink with Dawn dishsoap. Otherwise? Don't worry about it. If a rash shows up...treat it. What else can you do?

In the future, if your husband is exposed to poison ivy, or is in an area where poison ivy is found, he should scrub any exposed areas carefully with Dawn dishsoap three times within 2-3 hours of exposure. Soap, scrub, rinse...three times. He won't get poison ivy again if he is careful to clean up properly.

The oil can be removed if you wash the linens, clothing and where ever else you might see the oil. Spot clean if you have to.

My hubby is highly allergic to poison ivy and oak. He can walk by a plant and get it. He ends up in the ER due to the severity of it. Depending on your yard or where you walk pets, your pets can bring it in as well. We have a large yard and large wooded area so it is out there.

That said, in the 30 yrs we have been together, I have never, NOT ONCE, contracted the rash. I can brush up against it, even touch it and no be effected. Some people are immune to it. My daughter and I have never had it.

When my husband does get it, I wash bed linens daily as well as everything else. I also give the dogs a shower.

I grew up around the stuff and the things you can pass the oils on from in any significant way are pets and clothes that were in direct contact. Once the infected clothing touches say, furniture, its not so likely to cause any reaction. So wash clothes that were worn and don't sweat the miniscual amount of oils.

If they're allergic to it you'd already know it. They'd be broken out like crazy.

My friend can't even have his windows open when Poison Ivy is blooming or spreading or what ever it does. He will go to bed and wake up covered with whelps. He's that allergic to it.

So if your kids are allergic like hubby then you'd already know it because they'd have broken out from being in contact with the oils.

First exposure to poison ivy doesn't always produce a rash but the next time could be pretty bad.

A friend of mines son got a horrible case of poison ivy in the winter.
Turns out the vine was dead but growing up a tree - the tree was cut up for fire wood (pieces of old dead vine clung to the wood) and her son was carrying the fire wood inside for the fireplace.

Guess taking off shoes in the garage or at the doorway has saved us from bringing things like this inside.
Outdoor work clothes get stripped off and go right into the washer.
Wash garden gloves, work gloves, etc.
Wash off garden tools with soap and water - you need some sort of soap to get the oil off - I guess Dawn should work.