How to keep poison ivy from itching?

Question

I want to go to bed and i get poison ivy bad when i get it and it itches really bad and i used all the calamine lotion and the benadryl stuff i have for it doesnt really work so what should i do

Answer 1

Treatments for poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac dermatitis range from home remedies to prescription medications. Common treatment measures include the following:

cool compresses soaked with tap water, baking soda water, or Epsom salts to temporarily relieve symptoms
tepid baths in water containing products made from ground oatmeal
topical corticosteroids, such as hydrocortisone or betamethasone, or triamcinolone
antihistamines such as diphenhydramine to relieve itching
oral corticosteroids, such as prednisone or methylprednisolone, for severe cases

Answer 2

My mom SWEARS by that aloe-vera gel for sunburns. Make sure you get the stuff with LIDOCAINE in it. All I can figure is the alcohol content is high enough to dry up the poison ivy, and the lidocaine numbs it enough to make it quit itching. She gets poison ivy every single year, and we could never get rid of it without taking her in for Decadron shots and dosing her on Benadryl for days. This clears it up wthin a few days...Now she won't use anything but the aloe gel! She's got her sister using it too!
-Paramedic

Answer 3

Take the Homeopathic Remedy RHUS TOX in 200C potency take it thrice on the first day 6 hourly and after that just one dose a day RHUS TOX is infact "Poison Ivy" in potenized form, in 200 and higher potencies it antidotes effects of the plant. To read more about it please click the link below :- http://homeoint.org/books/boericmm/r/rhus-t.htm
Nothing works like Homeopathy.

Take Care and God Bless.

Answer 4

It's hard to stop the itch after you are exposed. In the old days they used kerosene. In the future wash your arms/hands in cold water, that will prevent your pores from opening which is how bad itches occur.

Answer 5

Aveeno Bath
You can also take a benadryl tablet

Answer 6

Soak a sock in Jack Daniels and keep it pressed on your skin. You'll be numb but you won't itch. Any whisky will do.

Answer 7

Oatmeal, pure oatmeal. Yes i know its messy but it does help. Aveeno makes an oatmeal bath soak, helped my kids amazingly when they had the chikenpox. Check out the whole Aveeno line, all their products are oatmeal. You can also try pure aloe vera gel. It has a cooling relief affect. Hope this helps :)

Answer 8

chlorine in a pool. Seriously if you got poison ivy swim in a pool thats has chlorine in it. Something about the chemical dries up the poison in the sores.

Answer 9

I have dabbed it with rubbing alcohol, but beware...If youhave scratched the area too much...OUCH

Answer 10

Easy, just stay away from it.