I used to get poison ivy quite bad as a kid. I'm pushing 30 now, and I don't seem to get it anymore. There have been a number of times this summer that I have basically marched right through a patch of poison ivy while wearing flip-flops, I didn't wash myself off for hours afterward, and I didn't react to it at all.
Can the body build up an immunity or otherwise overcome a tendency to react to poison ivy? |
