9+ Poison Ivy Treatment Myths | Prednisone or not?

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Exposure to Poison Ivy can cause a painful and itchy rash, which can take several weeks to manifest. To treat it, an effective remedy is to use a diluted spray of dish soap and water to clear away the plant's oil. Other than medications such as Benadryl which may not be the best option, steroid creams may be used, with prescription medication of Prednisone in some cases if the rash does not resolve within a few weeks. A free Prednisone Checklist is available to ensure that any side effects are managed properly.

Chapters:
00:00-06:19 :Nine Plus Myths About Treating Poison Ivy Busted by Dr. Megan
06:19-13:03 :Steroid Treatments for Poison Ivy: Myths and Realities\
13:03-16:07 :Surviving Prednisone: A Guide to Finding

Key Takeaways:
1. Steroid cream may be helpful, but prescription strength may be necessary.
2. Exposure to Poison Ivy can cause a painful, but not contagious, rash.
3. Antihistamine creams, lotions, and anesthetic creams should be avoided.
4. Neomycin or bacitracin antibiotic creams can worsen the rash.

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[AD-cywx]

Thank you for being a doc that doesn’t just push meds. ❤

I was on massive doses of prednisone for Crohn’s and it did tons of damage before i figured out that my diet was the problem.

[albanymtnlife]

I've had great results using a paste made with dishsoap and baking soda. Applying the paste and then using a damp rag, and begin washing in the shower. IVYRest has been great to help stop the itch for a few hrs. I repeat washing every time itch returns for an active rash.

[philipward]

I stop the itch by running very hot water over the rash.

[elizabethrose]

I have a bad case of poison ivy. I got a shot and prednisone. I like how prednisone clears my poison ivy. I hate the side effects. I get moody and anxious.

[stacyrosa]

I'm 62 years old, and avid native plant gardener. I've been exposed to poison ivy many times, but was never affected, until today! I have a big patch of blistering on my butt...and it did take 4 days to show up! I am using a prescription strength steroid cream, which seems to be effective on the inflammation. and itch, almost immediately. I wouldn't take oral steroids unless I was covered in rash.

[adamslip]

Best thorough advice dealing with poison Ivy. Thank you!

[Thecoolbonnie]

I have tried tecnu (the spray & the scrub)..didnt work
..dawn didn't work....I get it BAD several times a year and have had it 100's of times. This last time it was all over my feet, ankles and legs...my roommate did the weirdest thing..., it may not be recommended, but mine was gone in less than 24 hours. He rubbed it with a facecloth soaked in rubbing alcohol (didn't sting AT ALL, felt refreshing even though I'm sure that makes no sense) but then he took handtowels soaked in rubbing alcohol (wrung out obviously) and wrapped my feet/legs with them. I SWEAR it was a miracle...the next morning it had ALREADY HALFWAY cleared up!!! Itch was COMPLETELY GONE... try it? Everyone has towels and alcohol at home, nothing to buy

[JoseColomer-eu]

❤❤❤ Thank you so much!
I wish I would have found this 2 days ago.

[drdonvulcan]

I read that benadryl with two active ingredients helps. I found a off brand with the same active ingredients and it did work well for about 6 hours or so then reaplied. It did for me, and it was at the blistering stage.

[Cyberbeesty]

I had my for 3 weeks, and it’s not getting better. It’s only in 3 place and I can tolerate it but it’s still hanging on.

[carranotis]

Which Oral antibiotic do you recommend?

[atomx]

Thank you for this video I’m well informed! Quick question if a person were to smoke something containing poison ivy will the organs become affected? Hopefully you see this comment 🙏

[ManusMagus]

Zanfel is the only product worth buying. It's expensive AF, but it does have a special property of enveloping the urushiol and washing it away.
If you do develope a rash, use fast orange degreasing hand scrub from the automotive department. Then wash with dawn. I do a bleach bath ( best immediate treatment is a highly chlorinated bath/swim), then do the zanfel treatment, and then use the orange scrub with each shower to ensure that everything comes out of the skin

[BillGoodhew]

One item you have not mentioned, and this is my "go to" treatment for poison ivy, is Jewelweed. Jewelweed commonly grows in the same proximity as poison ivy ( Nature provides the remedy in concert with the detriment).
The plant itself may be broken apart and rubbed on the afflicted are, or you may make an extract for application. I make and keep a water based extract in my fridge, as it can be useful in treatments for Chigger bites as well. Just take a bunch of plants and crush them in a container, then add water till covered and set aside for a few hours. Presto, you have extract. Keep in the fridge for up to a year.
When I notice an itch and the rash beginning, I dip a finger in the extract and apply every few hours. Usually stops things within a day. If it is more persistent, I will dust the area, after applying the extract, with a fine clay powder such as a facial clay mask product. This seems to soak up any urisol remnants.
I use the extract and clay powder to treat Chiggers. The clay powder stops the itching in about a minute, and dries up the nymphs that are sucking up your fluids

Bill Goodhew

[happysawfish]

Good video. Highly allergic to poison ivy and many other plants of the vine which provide the same horrific symptoms. I hate this stuff more than i can say. But I love to work outside so have to pay the price by wearing long sleeve shirts, eye protection, long tall boots, and I have amassed a collection of gloves the world has seldom seen! The best are leather with extended cuffs that come out about halfway down your arm. You need these to try to guarantee to avoid contact with these evil plants. Learn to IDENTIFY the things. I made a short vid and will post. EASIEST WAY to get infected: when you never see them. How could this happen you say? You brush your lawn with your hand or pull some weeds or whatever but lurking beneath is the very small, undeveloped poison ivy. They start out tiny. They start out from invisible to barely in existence and grow from there like any other plant. People forget this simple fact. This applies especially when using the good old weed TRIMMER. Gas or electric, it doesn't matter folks, that weed whacker is going to spray noxious crap all around you. It gets down your collar, on your pants, in your pants, in your shoes, the stuff will get in your eyes, your nose, and parts you don't want to discuss. When you have to use the weed trimmer in woodsy areas, you're going to encounter your new friend here at some point. This friend wants to kill you and make you miserable. Your best option: suit up to do your work, you have to be clever and ingenious. Even when finished, if you know you've likely whacked some of the unfriendly enemy plants, then you GoJo all areas which might be effected. Apply it, let it sit for a bit. Take a lukewarm shower and wash off the residue with your best soap bar. Some people swear by a product called Fels-Naptha soap also for this.

My best advice from years of fighting this: if you get it on you, don't panic. Go immediately and wash it. Dawn dish soap indeed can work. The technique described in this video is valid, right on. I also recommend lathering with a mechanic's grease remover, like they use in the shop. GoJo is one brand. Lather the effected areas. Let it sit maybe 30 seconds while it dissolves the or lifts the oily poison impregnated substance from your skin. Do not do NOT use hard or abrasive scrubbing that could open your skin and let the poison oils slide right in. No no no. Do not use HOT water or scalding water. Same result can happen. Use cool or minimally mildly warm water to slide the soap and grease removers off you. If the rash appears, you may not be too late. FIRST STEP: REMOVE THE POISON OILS. Yes, do the above. You simply must get this stuff off your skin. It's not going to go away on it's on, folks. Take action. It's a pain in the tail but get used to it. You'll be happy you did. Lately, I wash my arms several times with whatever we have available just to try to stay ahead. As a woodsman, I have to be vigilant about this stuff.

You're outside. Here's your clue to be cautious: IF YOU SEE ONE plant, you're going to find more. More often than not, they're clustered like a wave of greenery about a foot high off the ground in mass. But in other areas that have not been invaded and saturated, you have to look. You look around, and there it is. A young plant or a single stalk. But guess what? That's not the end. They link together in a vine / root that runs very shallow underneath the soil surface. You see one group of Leaves of Three, then you'll find another stalk, and usually several in the general vicinity. It's June 2024 today. The stuff is growing in the SE United States in various stages. From last year, you will find it proliferating up trees sprouting from an evil hairy vine. The vine can confuse you because they start out so thin you may miss it, then over time they can get HUGE. In the ground there is what must be a rhizome that stores whatever it needs. You can cut the vine, the plant will spring back out. A devoted anti Poison Ivy expert on YT spent time digging out a tremendous root. It looked like a firewood log.

Preventative double-safe: if you know you've been in areas where the stuff is, go ahead and wash your body with GoJo, Dawn, etc. You may not have contacted it but it may have contacted you by secondary means. A piece of wood. Another plant. Doggies. Chickens. Ducks, whatever you have. We love our little animals.
Go and enjoy without fear.

[jessicuh]

Took 10 days to show up on me and it is excruciating. Got a steroid cream, shot, and pill. Helped a lot but I’m now on day 2 of treatment, day 15 after exposure, now I’m still very itchy with a rash but I can sleep thankfully. .

[baneverything]

It`s destroying my right hand. I cut into a large root back in March getting forest soil for a garden and got the sap on my hand and in mid July it`s still blistering and itching and making deep sores on my hand and wrist.

[ump]

One question / disagreement I have with the poison oil not being in the blisters is if the oil is rubbed into the skin to cause the blisters, what keeps the oil from still being within the blister? I believe it would be hard to say that there's no oil residue left in the skin when you pop a blister. Also anti itch cream has helped keep my blisters dry

[TxCowboy]

Did the study you mention have a control group that did not receive any prednisone? How much benefit was the prednisone over the longer term vs without prednisone over the same period? How much of the improvement was contributed to the prednisone vs. the condition just resolving on it's own? If there was a difference was it statistically significant? Thanks. I'm a Pharm D too!

[sdel]

I just went to the dr for my poison ivy rash. My legs are swollen but the rash is mainly both legs. They said to take 5 for 2 days 4 for 2 days and so on weaning off of them totally