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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I get a small exposure to poison ivy once or twice a year, it this exact type of spreading regularly happens for me. It's not the clothes or shoes - my work clothes are isolated and I'm not in contact with them regularly.

What happens for me is it will start with a small patch of rash (usually on my wrist, the spot between protection from gloves and a shirt). Over the next two weeks, new small patches pop up - on my thigh, on a different part of my arm, etc. They never turn into a full systemic reaction - just small itchy areas.

I've accepted that this is how my body "does" poison ivy even though it doesn't make a lot of sense given the science, etc.[/quote]

OP here. This is exactly what is happening to me, except some of the patches are quite large (although it is possible those were original areas of exposure via clothes or my towel). They do seem to improve over time but then new ones pop up elsewhere. However it's so bizarre that I have started to wonder whether it's not PI anymore--I've checked thoroughly for bedbugs and am going to ask the doctor to check for scabies. Otherwise I cannot think of any new allergens I've been exposed to lately. But good to know that this seems to happen to other people. I'm going to be hypervigilant about PI in the future. [/quote]

I wrote the PP. When this happens to me, it's definitely new incidences of the PI rash. I haven't been able to get to the bottom of it any more than deciding it's strange but also how my body works. If you figure it out, OP, report back![/quote]

OP here. My doctor is still confident that it is PI. It probably spread from continued contact with the oil, and apparently the skin responds differently on different parts of the body so it can take several weeks for some areas to react. What an awful plant.[/quote]

Yeah thinner skin areas tend to react sooner or with a lower exposure dose.

It's a crazy adaptation for a plant to have, as it doesn't stop a creature from damaging or eating the plant even if they are adverse to its toxins, but has a delayed "revenge" sorta toxin. :D

Most herbivore animals love eating poison ivy leaves though, as they are quite tender, and birds love the berries. Many humans can even eat them, and not have a reaction, but that doesn't guarantee they won't react to the toxin at some point. It's an interesting chemical. [/quote]

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