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Rash after Poison Ivy has gone away

Subject: Rash after Poison Ivy has gone away
Author: Jon
Date: 3/6/2006 7:00 pm
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Status: Approved
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Hello,

I had a bad case of poison ivy that i had to take steroids for and it almost completely cleared up about a week ago. Unfortunately, i am still itching on probably the worst part of my body (i'm a male, so take a guess). I have been using hydrocortizone cream for a while now and while that helps, it hasn't healed or stopped itching. It's a different kind of itching than the poison ivy too. And i'm buying like a bottle of this stuff(Cortaid) every other day, so it's doing damage to my bank account. It's pretty red, and i'm wondering how long i should wait until i should go see a doctor for it? Thanks a lot.

P.S. I don't have health insurance, i had a doctor friend order the prescription for me.

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