Corticosteroids and antihistamines are probably your best bet. The blisters, itchiness, etc. are all allergic, histamine-based immune responses to an oil in the poison ivy. That oil (forget the name) bonds to your skin once you touch it. You can't spread it by scratching. The reason it 'appears' to spread is that poison ivy takes time to show symptoms, like 48-72 hours or so. In that initial time, you can spread the oil from when you first touched it/contacted it, if the source is still contaminated. If it is on clothes/pet, you can end up contacting it several times over a day. You scratch your face, touch your arm, etc. Then the patches appear at different times based on when you contacted it - also depends on how much oil was contacted. Higher concentrations may show symptoms earlier. Once the rash is there, you can't spread it from touching the rash.

Not much else to do but wait it out. I think people's responses to it vary - some get over it quickly, others less so.

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Prednisone as previously mentioned. Midrol 5 day dose pack. You will feel it working after you take the first dose.

Urushiol?

It probably breaks down the oil.

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