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Re: Long term poison ivy rash?

Subject: Re: Long term poison ivy rash?
Author: Ross
Date: 6/14/2013 9:26 pm
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Status: Approved
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Is it contagious? And does it grow to other parts of the body?

I got it 2 weeks ago, almost 3. Now I notice that where the bumps are on my right arm, it's starting to lump up. I thought PI came and went away eventually, slowly. What I'm reading on here is that this is very serious and does not go away.

I'm appalled. My right arm is starting to lump up. I shower in hot water, kinda scrubbing the skin with body wash, but I'm not sure that is the key. Is the lumping up of my skin going to get worse and worse in time? Does it affect the bones/muscle tissue?

Also, all I've been using is alcohol and campho-phenique because I thought it was insect bites. What do I do now?

Question can bathing like that cause the bumps to worsen and can PI affect the blood circulation?

This is scarey.

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