The Mayo Clinic site says:
For more severe or widespread rashes — especially if it's on your face or genitals — your doctor may suggest taking corticosteroid pills, such as prednisone, for a few weeks. From: donarb...@mac.com Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:44:13 -0500 CC: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Poison-ivy DONT INHALE THE SMOKE OF IT. Sent cellularly. -Don On 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