My daughter has systemic poison ivy

Wow, weird! I was JUST talking about this to my son earlier today! We have poison ivy all over the place right now. I've been spraying it with an herbicide made especially to kill poison ivy since it's so hard to get rid of but it's all throughout the woods on our property. I told my son to make sure he didn't try to burn any of it since you can get a systemic reaction from the smoke of it burning. I also warned him to wear a mask if he tries chopping it up anywhere. That stuff can be NASTY! I hope your daughter reacts well to the treatment! How in the world did she get it? I used to be able to roll in it and never have a reaction. That all changed when I was in my early 20s. My sister let me use her yard to start a strawberry patch but there was a huge poison ivy vine right where I wanted the strawberries. So, I began to pull it up. I had gloves on, only because I was pulling vines and didn't want to stain or cut my hands and I'm sooooooooo glad I did! The next day, I had a horrible rash with blisters from just above my wrists (where the top of the gloves were) up to just below my shoulders because I had on a short-sleeved shirt at the time. Until then, I was never affected by poison ivy, not even a tiny bit. My sister, on the other hand, could just look at poison ivy and get a rash, it seemed. She was extremely allergic and did get it in her lungs a few times. That is some nasty stuff! I worry about my dogs getting into it when I let them out to run. Maybe I should put up a fence between the woods and the grassy areas just to keep them from running around in it. Let us know how your daughter is!

yes my friend Michel got poison ivy last summer he suffered with it for about 3 weeks

I have gotten poison ivy before but not this type you speak of. I wasn't even aware that it existed. How did it get in her lungs? How weird! She must be highly allergic. Everyone has certain things they are more sensitive to. Hope all goes okay and she is alright soon.

Wow that scares me. I got poison ivy for the first time last month on my arms and that was rough. I cannot imagine having it inside of me. I pray she gets better fast!

My friend is extremely allergic to poison ivy. He has routinely had to go on steroids to keep it under control. There is a gel stuff called zanfel that really seems to help with the itching, and making the oils dry out. It is expensive, but over the counter.

I am so sorry to hear that your daughter is suffering so from the poison ivey, PointlessQuestions! This is just dreadful news.

Oh my! That is terrible!How old is she? Is she going to be ok? On the funny side about poison ivy.My son that is 31 now,when he was 5, my boys were outside playing with a neighbors child.I had to go to the bathroom and I asked the boys mother if she could watch my boys while I ran inside.When I came back out she told me that my son had laid down in poison ivy.Well,he never broke out from it.But,a few weeks later he had his shirt off and his back broke out from laying down in grass. I will pray for your daughter.

awe poor thing! i once had a reaction to some anitbiotics like that once and ended up going to emerg due to my worry about having a serious asthma attack and not being able to breathe if the reaction got too bad. i have never really had a problem with poison ivy but black flies give me a bad reaction.

Sorry to hear that, hope everything goes well. My baby have eczema,i think it is a kind of allergic.But we still don't know what cause her eczema.It sometimes cured herself,sometimes goes bad... I was upset by her eczema,i just hope she is not upset like me, P.S.she is 6 month till today.

Oh my! How awful for your daughter! I do hope there is a quick medical relief for her. I had no idea one could get poison ivy in the respiratory tract, but now that I think of it, it does make sense that it can happen. Fortunately I am not allergic to poison ivy, few in my family are allergic to it. Although, I have heard that can change with age, so I do try not to be around it.

PQ: I am sorry your daughter is having ailment. How did it arise? is it after consuming some medicine or food? hope she is recovering fast. good day.

I am sorry about your daughter! I hope she will be okay and recover fast. I am allergic to poison ivy but not as bad as your daughter. I will get it all over my body and itch like crazy though! It will drive you crazy. When I was younger I got it a lot because we would always play in the wooded area in our clubhouse behind our house. I constantly came back and had to be all pink from the calamine lotion. My mom used to get so mad at me and yell at me to stop scratching too! I never stopped playing back there though, hard headed I suppose. Lol. I truly hope your daughter is okay. =)

oh noooooo when it rains it pours and when its not one thing its another. Poor PQ. Hope your daughter gets better soon. The only stuff I am allergic to seems to be certain types of mold and I can avoid that most of the time so no outbreaks.

I'm so sorry about your daughter. I never had the systemic poison ivy thing but I have several allergies, one is asthma and soome alleriges on seafoods. I can relate to this. They say it is systemic because it has do with the whole system of our body. I believe you need to bring her to the nearest hospital to avoid any thing that complicates it. Hope she gets well. She is included in my prayers