co workers worried that if I touch them or something that I have to ahdn to them that they will get it
2006-07-27 11:59:13 · 15 answers · asked by hlsmgr 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
http://www.poison-ivy-oak-sumac-guide.com/poison-ivy-contagious.html
This will answer your questions.
2006-07-27 12:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by clarity 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The urushiol oil binds to your skin and once bound, cannot be washed off with soap and water. It cannot be spread to anyone else either. It is gross looking especially when you are oozing yellow stuff, so you could wear long sleeves until it starts to clear up. Or you could just chase your coworkers and wipe your arms on them to gross them out. Depends on how much you like your coworkers.
Additional info after reading your previous answerers: The yellow ooze is not contagious. It consists of serous fluid, histamine and antibodies. It does not contain a "poison ivy virus" or the urushiol oil. It may appear that poison ivy spreads because when you scratch you send your body a signal that more histamine containing WBCs need to rush to the site to release more histamine. You may even break out where there was no urushiol contact because of a systemic reaction or memory cells from a previous infection. So - you can spread the rash on yourself only by your actions but not the cause of the rash to anyone else - with one minor exception - anything that you have that may have the oil on it like clothes, gardening tools, gloves, or a dog - can spread the oil.
2006-07-27 19:09:07 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, You can spread it. Your Doctor is very wrong. Don't let your co-workers use the same towel or anything that you use for a while.
I got poison ivy for years until I finally did some research on what I looked like.
Haven't had it in a long time now.
Good Luck and Happy Scratching.
2006-07-27 19:08:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well poison ivy is not contagious to others and your co workers are over exaggerating, but u should be cautious because it is contagious only if someones skin has contact with the poison ivy affected area. So be careful!
2006-07-27 19:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by LordGH 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The symptoms are not contagious. The oil that caused the reaction is long gone.
2006-07-27 19:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Pancakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is still the poison ivy "oil" on your skin, that could be transferred to clothes, to other people.
Probably after the first 24 hours or less, the oil is either washed off, rubbed off, or affecting you.
this isn't like a transferable disease.
2006-07-27 19:04:44 · answer #6 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hum from what i have been told the fluid that sometimes leaks out of the sores can pass it but if its dry it's not contagious.
2006-07-27 19:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you've washed the area well with a good soap, there is no way that you can transmit it.
Tell you cow-orkers to join the rest of us in the 21st century...
2006-07-27 19:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to your doctor lol
Hes gonna know more than a bunch of randoms on yahoo
2006-07-27 19:03:06 · answer #9 · answered by animationfreak 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was contagious. After all if you have it on your arms and wipe your face next thing you know it is on your face.
2006-07-27 19:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by antiekmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes It's true. If your doctor says so you should trust him.
2006-07-27 19:03:04 · answer #11 · answered by Alej 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋