2006-07-07 09:25:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Lots of calamine lotion and antibiotics. I had it last summer and again this summer. Dry out the itchy areas with betadyne (that orange stuff) and then use calamine lotion as it starts to go away. Also see your doctor for some antibiotics that will really help a lot. Whatever you do, don't bandage it up or use oil-based creams because that will keep the moisture in the area and it will keep pussing (and the puss is what spreads the rash). Try as hard as you can NOT to scratch it, as much as it feels like you're going to die, don't touch it. Wear light sweatpants or something and keep it open to air. As it starts to heal and stop itching, the doctor should have given you some Triamcinolone Acetonide (another antibiotic, presciption cream) that will help it heal and not scab, but use only as prescibed, twice a day. It should be just about gone in 2 weeks and entirely gone by 3. Not much you can do to make it go faster but take the meds and keep the area clean and treated.
Good luck!!!!
2006-07-07 09:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chica Zarca has the right answers and the best. However, there is another point. My daughter got poison ivy ALL OVER and especially around her stomach area. She had been pulling weeds. Besides calamine, which she first used and the Benydril,
she ended up going to the doctor, who gave her antibiotics and steriods. I felt so sorry for her. It took a long time to heal.
2006-07-07 16:46:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a product called Ivy Dry. It works the best of anything I have used.
2006-07-07 16:29:06 · answer #3 · answered by memyselfandi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something on the market called Tech Nu that will speed up the healing time. If you get to it quickly it won't go into the blisters and weeping. Normally you will go through the "weeping" time and by then you just have to wait it out.
2006-07-07 16:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by skot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the calamine lotion mentioned above, oatmeal soaks in the bathtub can be soothing. Check your local pharmacy or supermarket's health products for medicated oatmeal powder or soap.
2006-07-07 16:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by dudette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got over it. I tried calamine lotion, benedryl itch spray, tea tree oil and white shoe polish. The shoe polish worked the best believe it or not. It just has to run it's course. It took a couple of weeks for mine to go away.
2006-07-07 16:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by oohayrewsna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my brother has a technique, he scratches it until it bleeds then it turns into scabs instead of poison ivy. still no fun.
2006-07-07 16:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it was bleach, but I wouldn't bleach myself, it wuld burn. Then I heard it was to pee on yourself, kind of hard to do when you are a girl. Also I heard just leave it alone and don't scratch, alos very hard to do.
Well anyway, here are some links to help you out.
Good Luck
2006-07-07 16:33:11 · answer #8 · answered by angel20072002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drink it till the last drop
2006-07-07 16:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by fuad_enjoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a bath in oatmeal it works
2006-07-07 16:29:08 · answer #10 · answered by henry_arnold2002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋