Poison Ivy Treatment?

I have had poison ivy all over my arms and left leg since earlier this week.



I am using calamine lotion and oatmeal bath, but the blisters are not drying up, and they are weeping



What should I do that I am not doing already

Poison Ivy Treatment?
KEEP doing what you are doing. And buy some benadryl lotion AND benadryl PILLS to help fight the itching from the inside.



and DO NOT NOT NOT scratch them, it makes it much harder to heal.

They will go away over time, but the poison has to run its course first. I had a bad case of it earlier this spring, and I still have a scar that is slowly healing!! But I don't care about that... it was the itching that drove me nuts. Keep up with the oatmeal baths.



OH and switch to any soaps and lotions that are all fragrance free. The chemicals in soaps can make the irritation worse. I used an oatmeal soap in the shower as well, and avoided body lotions and such that might actually irritate it more.
Reply:take a baking soda bath.
Reply:you can make an oatmeal paste (best paste is made with baby-cereal oatmeal) and spread it all over the places, take a benadryl and go to sleep



i have heard of people painting it with clear nail polish, but i believe it would burn and cause it to scar pretty bad
Reply:This is the only thing that I use. It might mot help the rash but it helps the itch and it goes away. Hot water. The hoter the better. Let the hot water run over as long as you can--a couple of minutes. When you take it out from the hot water--it won't itch-- and it will go away--in time.
Reply:try Ivy Dry.
Reply:I'm deathly allergic to poison ivy. just touching it and I'm covered in it. the only thing Ive found to work is this: it might be a little uncomfortable but it works, trust me. water down some bleach and scrub your infected skin and let it soak in the bleach water. the bleach will not only dry up the oils, but it will dry up the sores to help heal. just use moderation and common sense, and it will work.

i have to use this when i get into poison ivy.