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Prednisone works wonders. It is a steroid and you have to do a tapered dosing.
This is literally the most miserable thing I've dealt with in the last 10 years, at least. Absolutely terrible and a hard way to learn a lesson about identifying poison ivy and being vigilant.
You can also temporarily relieve the itch by putting hot water on it. Not hot enough to actually burn, of course, but as hot as you can stand w/o burning. That apparently releases all the histamines and you will get itch relief for about an hour. Warm water does not work. Has to be very hot. Cold can also be effective, but the itch is just relieved while in contact with the cold. It doesn't last as long as the hot water treatment.
Arghhhhhh poison ivy... I went to work out of state for a couple of years and nobody took care of my yard when I was gone. When I got back, there was an entire wall of it. I got my first delightful dose of pain. I tried to suck it up but ended up having to go to the doc. He thought I had a weird reaction to it. It was like a big, red hotspot rather than a rash. He recommended Zanfel. It's miserable but that did help clear it up.
My neighbor had some great landscapers so I asked for the owner's advice. He came and looked at was pretty horrified at the amount of it. It wasn't cheap but his crew got rid of it and it hasn't grown back in 5 years.
So I'm in the middle of a poison ivy rash. Had it for about 2 weeks now, NOT pleasant! Some others in my family has gotten it from our backyard before so I'm pretty sure it is poison ivy.
Problem is our backyard is heavily landscaped with all sorts of vines, bushes, etc that I am having a hard time telling which ones are actually poison ivy.
What's the most effective spray killer?
Or does anyone have a landscaper they recommend that specializes in poison ivy removal?
Is that on the wall of the house? Yikes!! Poison Ivy is my arch enemy here in NC! We back to wood and there are 4inch thick hairy vines that I got the owner of that property to cut. I will re-cut and spray the crap out of it in the winter. I am generally a non-toxic no spray, organic gardener. I draw the line at poison ivy. Any homemade concoction was worthless on it. The best thing I have found is suit up, yank, dig pull or whatever and bag it. Then spray.
It is a constant battle by us. It is coming out of the storm water easement on side of our property. I wish I had a goat, it would eat like a king!
One side of my back yard backed onto a commercial building. It's their side wall. They let me put up a fence enclosing my whole back yard so I agreed to take care of that mess (and the pic is only showing half the wall!). Horrible!
Also, it was NJ, not here in NC so I'm sorry I can't recommend my guys to help
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