The poison ivy can happen because of human’s sensitivity toward resin which can be found in any parts of plant, such as leaves, stems or roots. There are only certain plants which have the resin, such as poison ivy plants and poison oak. Commonly, it will not be too dangerous as long as the resin only touch your skins. It will be dangerous when the resin is burnt and people inhale its smoke because the smoke can give bad impact toward lungs. There can be inflammation or infection caused by the smoke.
Actually, mild case of the poison ivy will not be too disturbing, so you can treat it without any medical treatments. The effect of the poison ivy can be classified as mild cases when there are only small parts of your body which get the itchy rash. When the rashes of poison ivy are spread widely, surely you have to pay attention. In this case, commonly you can compress the itchy area with ice to reduce the itch, but compressing the areas is not enough when it talks about How to treat poison ivy . After compressing, you still have to cure the rash and prevent the rash to spread in other parts of your body.
About how to treat poison ivy, you also can try oatmeal bath. To get the suitable oatmeal, you can buy it in any drugstore. The oatmeal bath can stop the itch and cure the rash, so if you do it continuously, it will make the condition better. Besides, you also can try baking soda bath. Simply, it is like taking bath with the oatmeal. In this bath, you should prepare warm air and then you can pour a cup of baking soda. For the treatment, you can try both baking soda bath and oatmeal bath, but you also may use one of them. To get better treatment, you can try to use calamine lotion.
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