Poison ivy chip in eye

[Cobleskill]

I was whacking poison ivy vines at the base of a tree and had a chip fly in my eye. It felt like there was a piece in my eye so I swabbed it out with a Q-tip. Then put in a bunch of drops of Visine and took a shower. I let the water spray in my open eye for a while. Anybody ever get a piece in their eye?

 

[No_Bivy]

dude...you focked...hope you aint to allergic

 

[squisher]

Yup, a goner.

 

[Blinky]

My son has, last summer. He's seriously allergic too. Big reaction, eye swollen shut, blistery skin around it.

They gave him oral Prednisone and it cleared up after a few days.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder how that coulda been prevented?



So, is your eye OK?

 

[Mr. Sir]

or

 

[goodgrief]

Anyone ever try Oral Ivy? I use it and it works. As a preventive.

Not so sure about in the eye though.

 

[Cobleskill]

Yeah Yeah I knew I would catch that. I was wearing shades but it got cloudy so I took them off.

The eyes gonna be OK. I did some research and mucous membrane and the eyeball are not affected. And I washed the eyelid off as soon as I could get to the house. I haven't had PI in many years and I hope to keep the stretch going.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Get Poison Oak in my eye from time to time... I am not highly reactive so I am lucky... But it is how I react the worst.. Well that or a burn from a hot end dripping the sap when we are burning it.
Keep your other eye on it and see how it feels tonight or in the morning... If it does not blister and is just a little swollen... Consider yourself lucky and take some Benadryl® and get on with your day... When I do get some in my eye or get whacked in the eye by an end or leaf... I always take a Benadryl® or equivalent to keep any itching and swelling down..
If your reaction gets blisters and eye is burning and swelled shut.. doctor time for steroids like Prednisone.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Anyone ever try Oral Ivy? I use it and it works. As a preventive.

Not so sure about in the eye though.

No, even in the eye, Oral Ivy would dramatically reduce the reaction.

OA rawks!

 

[No_Bivy]

pray

 

[gf beranek]

"Keep an eye on it."

Mrs. B told me to say that.

But, Seriously, watch the symptoms. The eye has some of the fastest healing reactions and any symptoms should be short lived. Two days at most.

 

[Cobleskill]

Well, it's been 3 days since I got the PI chip in my eye and no rash yet. But thanks, Mrs B, I am keeping my eye on it.

Looking on line for info I found out a couple things I didn't know.

Virginia Creeper has oxalat crystals in the sap that may cause irritation and rash.

Ginkgo fallen seeds and the leaves have urushiols like PI.

Mango fruit has urushiol in the skin. Peeling it avoids having any problems.

 

[pantheraba]

10-4 on the mango...my wife loves mangos but the skin breaks her out like PI...urushiol is bad stuff.

The Japanese use it as a laquer.

 

[Frans]

No, even in the eye, Oral Ivy would dramatically reduce the reaction.

Oral ivy straight in the eye? Yeow! good luck with that.

You should know that oral ivy is meant to be used PRIOR to contact. If you use it after you have been exposed, all hell breaks out.

I am lucky in that I am not that sensitive to it. When I chow down on it, or get it or rub on a freshly cut stalk, I just get a burned spot on my skin.

 

[woodworkingboy]

10-4 ..urushiol is bad stuff.
The Japanese use it as a laquer.

All I have to do is walk into an urishii oil worker's place, and it feels like tiny needles pricking my face, from stuff in the air. Very potent chemical. It can make a beautiful finish though.

 

[pantheraba]

All I have to do is walk into an urishii oil worker's place, and it feels like tiny needles pricking my face, from stuff in the air. Very potent chemical. It can make a beautiful finish though.

That is cool that you have been to such a place...I have read of them but that is all. It is hard to imagine they actively work with such a potent substance. I have read that they build up an immunity.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Oral ivy straight in the eye? Yeow! good luck with that.

You should know that oral ivy is meant to be used PRIOR to contact. If you use it after you have been exposed, all hell breaks out.

No, you're wrong Frans. Have you ever read the label?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Apparently they do, Gary, have an immunity, but it isn't perfect. Some urushi workers have a rash on their arms, that comes and goes. It doesn't seem to bother them so much, guess they must get used to it.

I always wear no sleeve tee shirts in the summer. I've gotten some unpleasant rash from bumping into an urushi plant when working in the woods, it grows all over. I go to the bleach for relief.

 

[pantheraba]

Interesting...thanks for the feedback.

 

[Frans]

No, you're wrong Frans. Have you ever read the label?

No, just working from personal experiance

 

[MasterBlaster]

It says on the label that it can bet used to lessen the effects of the reaction. In fact, you take a LOT more than the normal 3 to 5 drops, and you do it more than just daily. I forget the exact instructions.

 

[stig]

10-4 on the mango...my wife loves mangos but the skin breaks her out like PI...urushiol is bad stuff.

The Japanese use it as a laquer.

As a woodturner who have worked alongside japanese Urushi artists , I know a little about it.

The japanese Sumac ( Toxicodendron Vernicifluum) used to be called Rhus Vernicifluum.
It contains a poisonous sap, which is used to produce the urushi lacquer.
It is not the poison, that is the lacquer.
The poison, urushiol is the same stuff that makes western poison oak so nasty.

Even after the lacquer has cured, it can release the poison. If you drink warm sake from a new urushi bowl, it'll make your lips and tounge numb and tingly.
I have a bowl the japanese turner Takehito Nakajima gave me, he insisted, I drink sake from it, so I have tried the feeling.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

My favorite story we heard is about a couple kids that went and camped out... Cooked some hot dogs over the fire on some sticks they picked out of the woods... Bout killed them.. Turned out they had poison oak sticks...

 

[Cobleskill]

A minister told me in WWII they unknowlingly used PI vines in a fire to stay warm and ended up quite sick.

I looked up Oral Ivy and its 5 drops every 2 hours to treat an outbreak. $11 for a 1 ounce bottle that will last at least a season, maybe 2. Sounds like a good deal for you guys that get it often.