Poison ivy on my private male area

[Seen the light]

Not a big fan. :(

Much pain....much suffering.

[PBS Poll-435]

1. Aveno Oatmeal Bath

Then clear calamine lotion.

[Shell Beau]

2. That happened with my husband. He went to the doc and got a shot

and some pills. Totally worth it!

[Seen the light]

4. No health insurance right now

Well, I do take that back, I just got my first post-college health insurance and the deductible is something obscene like $2500.

[Shell Beau]

6. That sucks! Well, take some Benadryl.

Good luck!

[Seen the light]

9. Thanks

Not going to lie, the severity of it is making me a little crazy in the head right now.

[Shell Beau]

11. You may end up having to go to the doc if it doesn't start

clearing up. Bless your heart.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. This begs the obvious question ...

How?

(yikes!)

[Seen the light]

7. It's all over my body

Worst on my face, genitals, and feet.

I must have gotten it when I was clearing some weeds out a couple of days ago, although I thought I had been overly cautious actually in making sure that I did NOT get poison ivy.

[hedgehog]

5. You have a private male ?

[unpossibles]

8. if it helps, I know the feeling

That was the worst part, but got a bit of rash in all sorts of places. :blush:

[Richardo]

10. There's poison ivy at the strip club?

:dunce:


I'm with you, my brother - I've got some on my fingers. Thanksfully, that's all.

[Blue Diadem]

12. That has to be awful for you.

Dh gets poison ivy really bad too. I see you don't have insurance, usually Dr's will work with you if you them know. Our Dr. charges about what he'd get from an HMO instead of his normal rate. Sometimes too they'll have samples of meds to give you if you don't have insurance.

There's an over the counter product called Ivy dry

http://www.ivydry.com/treatment_guide.htm

[fight4my3sons]

13. that has happened to my husband

the doctor prescribed some kind of steroids to clear it up quickly

[yellowcanine]

14. Next time wear pants when you walk through the poison ivy. Or at least a jock strap.

[City of Mills]

15. Icy Hot will clear it right up

JUST KIDDING DON'T REALLY TRY IT!!! :evilgrin:

[LSK]

16. Zanfel is the ultimate for poison ivy

This stuff is magical!

http://www.zanfel.com/help

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. This thread is NOT useless without pictures.

And hopefully it will stay that way.

[Arugula Latte]

18. So your tenders are tender, eh?

Ouch. x(

[bertha katzenengel]

19. OH.

:hug: -- that is, upper body :hug:

[NewEnglandGirl]

20. Soak in water with epsom salt in it and put some ice on it

Everytime my friend's husband works in the yard, he doesn't get poison ivy but she gets it all over her. He must be immune to it but transfers it to her. I tell her, I hope it's worth it. :P

[leftyclimber]

21. Tecnu

will help it heal faster.

Sorry to hear about your thingy... erm ... oh, never mind, I just can't get it to come out right. :rofl:

[Roon]

22. Yeah, I knew someone in Job Corps that had that

Him and his boyfriend were in the woods and they tumbled in the greens.His "thing" got so swollen, it made it look HUGE!!!

[DemoTex]

23. Well .. how?

If it's any consolation, I had a friend who had a black widow spider bite down there. US Army. Ft. Polk Basic Training bivouac. Helicopter med-evaced. Treated with morphine. That fucking bad!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Love your sig line!

:rofl:

[DemoTex]

25. Latin works.

24/7

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Orchides ejorum trahite;

cordes et mentes veniant.

Latin rocks.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. I wouldn't mind