I am 41 and never had problems with any poisonous plants until now.
 I handled poison ivy with my bare hands badly scrached and got a
 rash where the scratches were.  Now, I am wondering if broken skin 
 made it easier for poison ivy to do the damage and if it could 
 spread through the blood stream since I also got rash where the 
 plant could not get for sure.  It also took about ten days to 
 show up at other places. Another question I have is if the 
 genetics has to do anything with being alergic or not.  My father 
 used to weed out poison ivy with his bare hands.
 
 I would appreciate any answers, comments, etc.   
 
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