Poison Ivy??

I have to go to a party tomarrow, and i have poisen ivy, and we are to be swimming. Do u think it's okay to go swimming with other people if i have poison ivy?

Poison Ivy??
A boyfriend once told me a story about Army Basic Training. They made everybody pile all of their clothes into a pile. Then they made everybody quickly grab their stuff back out of the pile in a hurry. Everybody's clothes got mixed up including underwear, t shirts, and everything. Well, three people had poison ivy in his group. After they did that forced clothes swapping thing, within days, 15 other people deveolped poison ivy and 2 or 3 got extremely serious cases of it. I would have to say that poison ivy is contagious.
Reply:Um... Thats a hard one. I wouldn't go if I had it. There is a way you could get it. Even if someone touched you, they could get it. Besides that... If it is making you itch alot... I would recommend rubbing the inside of a banana peel on the infected area. I do this all the time... considering I live in the woods where alot of poison ivy and poison oak is.
Reply:Sure. Actually you are not contagious, its the clothes or shoes you were wearing the day you contracted the ivy that is. You need to wash all the things you were wearing or using. Or you may reinfect yourself. Going swimming may help you because of the chlorine in the water. Have fun.
Reply:As long as you don't rub up against people - it's transferable that way. Do you really want people to see you all red and blotchy?
Reply:yea the only way your spread poison ivy is if you pop the little bumps and they get on someone or you get them on your fingers and touch someone else . No worrys you can swim .
Reply:They won't get it from the water but you really should stay home and treat it.
Reply:It'll be fine, as long as you remove the oil. The oil can stick around for a long time if you dont do anything about it. Just wash it off, then you can swim with no problems.
Reply:The poison ivy rash is not contagious. When a person touches the poison ivy leaf, a substance on the surface of the leaf (a resin) rubs off. Over the next 48 to 72 hours the skin reacts to the resin by becoming red and developing bumps and blisters at and around the site where the resin was. It can be very itchy and uncomfortable, especially for children, but will eventually go away, though it may take weeks. Sometimes prescription creams or medications are given to help it resolve faster.





The fluid inside the blisters is not contagious, and will not cause poison ivy if another child touches it. The "spreading" of poison ivy on one person that you are describing, is due to different factors. When the resin touches the skin or clothing it sticks there until it is washed off. Often, people do not know that they have touched poison ivy, and may end up spreading the resin to other parts of their body with their hands or their clothing over the next day, until they've washed their hands or taken a bath. Since the rash doesn't occur until two or three days later, it can appear as though successive crops of blisters are developing over a one or two day period, all from that same exposure to the resin of the poison ivy plant.





HOPE THIS HELPS!!
Reply:yes, you could get it.
Reply:As a healthcare provider I can tell you that it is OK.