MISSINGROSIE said:Poison ivy can't spread from theeruptions/ vesicles whether intact or weeping. It only can be gotten from the plant oil. Can't catch it from another person or spread it from body part to body part ...unless there is the plant oil that is being touched and recycled. It can be on gloves, shovel handle, pets, shoes, anything that came in contact with the plant and picked up the dastardly stuff.
Once..a friend could not figure why she kept getting breakouts on her legs.
Turns out she fell with her bike in a patch ( she knew that ) and the bike picked up the oils and each time she rode..she gotva dose. Took her a month to figure it out.
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