uperdooper Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 SBPhishy, do us all a favor and stay away from Castor Bean plants! What are Castor Bean plants? google it. Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Sounds sweet. I gotta get me some of that! Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Sounds sweet. I gotta get me some of that! man, you need therapy. Quote Link to comment
+RJFerret Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 So I questioned my mother about the eating the leaves theory. It was her grandfather who would eat a leaf every Spring. I asked why nobody else in the family followed his example and she said none were that brave! Hehe.. I'm guessing he was already immune and the eating a left was just to show off. OTOH, she's become more allergic to bee stings and the doctor puts a tiny amount of venom under the tongue as treatement. Illogical to me if repeated exposure causes worse reactions but I'm not a doctor! Enjoy, Randy Quote Link to comment
GeoWorms Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 <snip>OTOH, she's become more allergic to bee stings and the doctor puts a tiny amount of venom under the tongue as treatement. Illogical to me if repeated exposure causes worse reactions but I'm not a doctor! Enjoy, Randy </snip> The short answer is that there are four basic types of allergic reactions. The bee sting reaction is a Type 1, and this can be "de-sensitized." The poison oak reaction (also called "contact dermatitis") is a Type 4 reaction and cannot be de-sensitized. The long answer is too complicated for me to explain to lay people... [Actually--I'd have to go up in the attic and dust off my Immunology textbook--but that was painful enough the first time !] Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Knock on wood (knock, knock) . . . I haven't had PI in years. Nothing is worse than poisone ivy between yout fingers or on your face. Ugh! I shudder to think of it! Sorry man . . . Happy caching and stuff! Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Nothing is worse than poisone ivy between yout fingers or on your face. Ugh! I shudder to think of it! Well, having poison oak on your.... ummmm.... well... you know... sure isn't fun either... Quote Link to comment
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