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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 539942"><p>HD - difficult child got systemic poison ivy once and it was HORRIFIC. It started on his heel and we thought it was a cut - about a week later his heel was getting red and swollen so we went to the dr on a Friday. Doctor assumed infection and put him on Levaquin and did cultures. By Monday, it was the size of a tennis ball, purple and yellow with the skin splitting due to the swelling and creeping red upward (slightly hot) and we went back to the dr. When the cultures were clear and the levaquin didn't help - and it was progressing up his leg (at this point he was on crutches) - they started to think PARASITE. (GROSS) And we were on the way to the hospital.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, his GP had a Derm meet us before he went to the ER. Guess what? It was poison ivy and the week & 1/2 delay in dxing it meant it was systemic and by then the rash was traveling up his leg and trunk. He was put on an RX antihistamine, got a steroid shot plus a huge dose of steroids...tapering off over 2 weeks (4 a day for 2 days, 3 a day for 3 days, etc) and he got a lot better. Even so - he had a rebound breakout about 2 days after he finished the steroids and ended up in the ER with IV antihistamines and a steroid shot. He had rebound. itchy flareups for a year afterwards.</p><p></p><p>So - get thee to a doctor. No joke. And allowing it to progress means that you could have a worse reaction next time. </p><p></p><p>I could show you pictures of his heel and you would never believe it was poison ivy! It was disgusting. And not rash like at all. (though the traveling red rash is what lead to the diagnosis)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 539942"] HD - difficult child got systemic poison ivy once and it was HORRIFIC. It started on his heel and we thought it was a cut - about a week later his heel was getting red and swollen so we went to the dr on a Friday. Doctor assumed infection and put him on Levaquin and did cultures. By Monday, it was the size of a tennis ball, purple and yellow with the skin splitting due to the swelling and creeping red upward (slightly hot) and we went back to the dr. When the cultures were clear and the levaquin didn't help - and it was progressing up his leg (at this point he was on crutches) - they started to think PARASITE. (GROSS) And we were on the way to the hospital. Fortunately, his GP had a Derm meet us before he went to the ER. Guess what? It was poison ivy and the week & 1/2 delay in dxing it meant it was systemic and by then the rash was traveling up his leg and trunk. He was put on an RX antihistamine, got a steroid shot plus a huge dose of steroids...tapering off over 2 weeks (4 a day for 2 days, 3 a day for 3 days, etc) and he got a lot better. Even so - he had a rebound breakout about 2 days after he finished the steroids and ended up in the ER with IV antihistamines and a steroid shot. He had rebound. itchy flareups for a year afterwards. So - get thee to a doctor. No joke. And allowing it to progress means that you could have a worse reaction next time. I could show you pictures of his heel and you would never believe it was poison ivy! It was disgusting. And not rash like at all. (though the traveling red rash is what lead to the diagnosis) [/QUOTE]
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