[Magdalen] Poison ivy question

[Ginga Wilder]

When I was a child, I had terrible reactions to poison ivy.  At the age of
10 or so, I breathed in smoke from a trash fire - friends and I were
playing near the controlled fire...this was legal then.  Needless to say
much of my skin, mouth, throat, and bronchial tissues were exposed.  Yes, I
had an amazing rawness that spread through these tissues.  I was a sick
puppy for 7-10 days.  I have never had a problem with poison ivy since.

Ginga

On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 10:19 AM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never had a reaction to poison ivy either, but give the stuff a wide
> berth anyhow. S/O is allergic and very wary of the stuff while mowing, etc.
> Wears long sleeves and gloves and the whole works, but manages to cross
> paths with a bit somewhere, somehow, every summer.
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 9:39 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > Another way of getting a heavy dose of sap unwittingly is to mow PI with
> a
> > power mower.Without realizing the danger, one can suffer generalized
> > exposure via the pulverized grassdebris.  This is one of those times
> when a
> > timely hot shower and lots of soap (doesn'thave to be Fels Naptha!) can
> > save the day after the mowing is completed.  Early onthe sap is
> removable,
> > but wait another day, and the die is cast.
> > In a message dated 9/3/2019 12:09:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > My grandmother nearly died from inhaling the smoke from burning PI plants
> > back in the 20th C teens.
> > Lynn
> >
>