Poison Ivy Horror

Zimmer07
Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:34:02 +0000

As far as scratching in your sleep goes, get some cotton gloves at the drugstore. Years ago I had poison ivy for a whole summer and it was AWFUL! I don’t know but it sure did seem like the scratching made it spread since I washed everything- sheets, socks, towels, clothes, you name it, I was washing it on a daily basis. I ended up sitting in the sun with dishwashing detergent spread on my legs for 30-40 minutes at a time to help dry out the areas. Ok, I was far from home and poor to boot from buying up all that laundry detergent, but I thought it seemed to help me. And I used every bottle of calamine lotion I could get my hands on.