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burchett.donald:
  Jeeesh Bj, I know the feeling...I have had my eyes closed 2 times from poison ivy including every part of my body due to my clothes being saturated with it...I quickly learned what it looked like as a young kid, gives me the shivers to think about it...I have seen vines as big as my arm here in S.C. going to the top of an old Pine...
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Pat B:
If you know you've been in PI you can wash off with warm water and detergent. It's the plant oil that causes the contact dermatitis and the warn soapy water will rinse the oils off before the damage is done. There are products made by Tec-Nu(sp) that will either shield you from the oils of help wash it off after contact.  Fortunately I'm not susceptible to PI. Occasionally I'll get a small blister between my fingers or on the soft inside of my arm but that's about it. I've seen PI vines along the French Broad River here near Brevard that were 4" to 5" in diameter in big sycamore trees. I worked cutting canoe trails through fallen trees one year and the guy I was working with and was very allergic had to go the emergency room the day after. He was running the chainsaw and was literally covered, head to toe with PI. 

bjrogg:
Know what your saying Don. I learned very young what it looked like to. I'm very allergic to it also. I got it from the dirt. It was dormant. I never even saw any but I get it from the ground it's living in. My uncle got it really bad in his lungs from the smoke once.

I'm not that lucky like you Pat. More like your buddy running the saw. Washing up really good within about three hours really helps but I usually still get it. Not nearly as bad as if I don't wash it off right away though.
Bjrogg

osage outlaw:
I'm glad it doesn't affect me.  My older sister would have me clear the vines out of trails before I was old enough to know what it was.  She didn't know I was immune to it at the time. 

burchett.donald:
   Fried up some green tomatoes for supper! Man they were spot on...I used yellow tomatoes, they seem to have a bit more acid for flavor...Posted a simple recipe in the cooking section...If you haven't tried them, you are missing out!
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