I am also totally immune. My daughter, however, has been horribly allergic to it since she was 8 years old (now 23). She always has to take prednisone to get rid of it once it starts. For her, it always causes a systemic reaction. Everyone in our family is immune except for her and my ex-mother-in-law. Dessie Pierce, MA Licensed Professional Counselor Intern Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Counseling Center of Houston 11999 Katy Freeway Suite 230 Houston, TX 77079 phone: 281-336-0201 fax: 281-336-0763 cell: 832-341-8880 www.counselingcenterhouston.com dessiep.com It is important to be aware that e-mail communication can be relatively easily accessed by unauthorized people and therefore can compromise the privacy and confidentiality of such communication. Please notify me (Dessie Pierce) if you decide to avoid or limit in anyway the use of email. Please do not use email for emergencies. Any advice given without a contract for professional services does not constitute counseling in any manner and should not be relied upon. Information contained within and accompanying this message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify me by telephone at 281-336-0201 or return the email and purge all copies of this message from your system.
________________________________ From: George D. Nincehelser <george.nincehel...@gmail.com> To: David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> Cc: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy I seem to be immune to poison ivy... so immune that I don't even know what poison ivy really looks like. Last year I was apparently standing in patch with shorts and sandals. It didn't bother me one bit. Nettles are another matter. Luckily a little bit of mud cures that for me. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:47 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: Anybody know the best proven treatment for a poison-ivy rash from personal experience? >Anybody have a good theory about how to boost immunity ? >4 things that I feel make it worse are scratching, sunlight, heat or hot >water, and drying off with bath towels, all of which seem unavoidable. >Is it true that some ethnic groups are not allergic, and that white-skinned >people are the most allergic ? > >David Locklear
