Severe Poison Ivy

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Can a severe case of poison ivy cause an imbalance of histamine levels in the system for over a month!?

I had secondary contact from Poison Ivy about a month ago. I rested a pair of chainsaw chaps across my left arm and took about a 2 minute walk back to the golf cart (we were clearing trees from tower lines along a golf course.) The poison ivy soaked my arm to the point where from my left hand to my elbow my muscles under my skin were stiff for about a week. Oddly the poison ivy blisters/rash went away within that time without itching that bad. Just the feel to run hot water over my arm persisted. Till this day I still can feel the intense feeling that you get from running hot water over the poison-ivy infected areas. My skin around my left thumb area doesn't 100% look normal. I've been researching 'High histamine levels' and things like that to find information and help from. My concern is the length of how long I will have this in my system. It's hard to believe that it's still in my arm so I am curious as to if it can still be around after all this time.

Trying to write this out on Benadryl :|

 

[SociallyChallenged]

You may now be experiencing not only a typical reaction to the poison ivy, but potentially an allergic response as well. After the first exposure to anything, you can essentially become allergic to a substance. With the increased degree of response, that may very well be the case in your situation.

 

[smackababy]

Poison Ivy is notoriously resilient on things it touches. The oil from the plant spreads via contact very easily. Cats are known to infect people because they aren't effected by it, but the oils stay on their fur. I would also highly suggest you not burn that wood, or if you must, don't be near it while it is burning. My father and I cut some wood when I was a teenage that had Poison Ivy on it. We didn't know and when we burned it in our wood burning stove, my father got severely infected from the smoke.

If you are worried about it, I'd see a doctor about it.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

The first entire week after the blisters started appearing I started having all day long panic attacks. The Monday I went to the doctor and he told me they were a reaction from the poison ivy. What 😕 was my first reaction. This was early September. Could it still be in my system even though the blisters have been gone for the past 3 weeks?