# posion ivy cures **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 28, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/posion-ivy-cures/190824 "2007-06-28T12:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![fah\_quad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@fah\_quad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fah_quad)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/posion-ivy-cures/190824/21 "2007-06-28T18:57:39Z")
> [@car fax??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-fax/30851/6): > > Bleach works, but not such a great idea if it’s torn open… scratching it till it’s flowing is what spreads it, makes it worse, and opens possiblity of getting it in your blood stream… Had that happen in High School, ended up almost 95% covered (yes balls and all) had to be put on steriods to kick it… everysince then (I’ve become highly allergic can get a rash without touching it!) I bleach it as soon as I see it and it’s gone fast… well after a few days of bleaching and getting it to dry out. It is absolutely impossible to spread poison ivy to yourself or anyone else from the wounds themselves or any of the pus inside the wound. It is the oil from the plant that causes it. Once washed, you can’t spread it even if the sores are wide open and oozing. You can, however, keep getting it if the clothes you wore still have the oil on them. I always got it from the shoelaces of my bike shoes, and from yard-working gloves. I learned I had to wash all that every time or I just would get it the next time I tied those shoes or used the work gloves. PITA but what I had to do to not get it as much. I never got it when I was younger and last year I got it all the time. So far, nothing this year. Go to [http://poisonivy.aesir.com/](http://poisonivy.aesir.com/) for all the myths and facts. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/posion-ivy-cures/190824)._