Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Poison Sumac
Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
Information about poison ivy, oak, sumac and the skin rashes they cause
Three friends and I were walking near the beach and two of my friends thought it would be funny to push me over as I was taking a picture. I saw that I was surrounded by poison ivy. I was furious, and immediately went down to the ocean to rub water and sand all over myself. My friends came over and apologized; they didn't know what poison ivy looked like. I chilled out and laughed about it.
I got home and played with my 7-year-old cousin and went to bed. The next morning I had a few tiny, itchy welts on my arm. Didn't I wash myself in the ocean? I was confused.
My cousin woke up with a rash on his hands, neck, and face. My mom said that he had been playing in a part of the yard that had poison ivy the day before and had already spread it to his mom and sister. When I played with him, swinging him around by his arms and flipping him over, I had gotten the poison ivy all over myself. Sure enough, a few days later I was broken out pretty badly. I guess you can't be careful enough.