2006-06-21 05:52:02 · 16 answers · asked by jahoot 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Apparently - I am. No clue why though.
2006-06-21 05:55:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if they have already had it and the virus has not mutated in the plant, they will not get it again because their bodies store information on how to combat the virus...vacinations also prevent this...you can have an immunity to a virus the same way you have an immunity to chicken pocks after you get it as a child, this is why there are very few cases where children get chicken pocks more than once and they are ususally children with weakened immune systems...this also explains why you can only get chicken pocks again as shingles as an adult because it is a mutated form of the virus...the same principle applies to poision ivy and poison oak...plus some people are just born with certain immunities...
2006-06-21 05:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-06-21 05:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shown indisputably to take the itch AND dry up the blisters in a unmarried day from poison ivy...... sounds terrible---smells disgusting yet works particularly nicely.... get some horse radish root (from the food market)... wash it and positioned it in a food processor to finely chop it up. take it OUT of the food processor and (now it really is what sounds unusual) positioned it in a bowl and combine in CHLOROX until eventually it makes a THICK PASTE.. (yep I reported CHLOROX)... take this paste and spread it over the poison ivy--no longer to thick a form because the paste will drop off the arm and BLEACH something that is on the marketplace in contact with (except YOUR ARM)...... ok enable it dry and then brush it off... no more advantageous itch and after doing this a pair more advantageous circumstances in the course of the day, through the following day the blisters will be purely about all DRIED UP. We were always getting poison ivy as young ones and my dad used this paste each and each and every of the time with outstanding consequences...
2016-10-20 11:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by ehrlich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think its a disease which means you cant have an immunity to it i believe it is an allergic reaction which varies in intensity from person to person i had it real bad as a kid but never again have gotten it that bad so maybe after being exposed to it your body gets better at fighting it the best protection against is is to wash yourself good after being exposed to it but let the fear of it keep you from enjoying the great outdoors
2006-06-21 06:02:05 · answer #5 · answered by Ralphie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not immune to poison ivy, but I can roll in poison oak and not get it
2006-06-21 05:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by satyr9one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-06-21 05:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, they did that on the show Mythbusters. Many people are immune to it.
2006-06-21 06:02:05 · answer #8 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not allergic to poison ivy or oak.
2006-06-21 05:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by becca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-21 05:54:57 · answer #10 · answered by sandman3022 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...it has something to do with your mother's genes
I can't get it at all and I've touched it several times...my mother can not get it either, but my father can look at it and break out
2006-06-21 05:56:14 · answer #11 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋