Re: A Wild Week

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"Jo Firey" <jofirey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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I have a few questions: is the itching still just confined to hands
and feet?

Yes, and a little on my ankles.

Had any contact with poison ivy or animals that have been
in contact with poison ivy?

Not that I know of.

Any rash with that swelling? If yes, is
it raised at all?

No rash, but there are raised areas of greater swelling.

Is the swelling confined to the areas of itching?
or other way around?

The itching started first, then the swelling came. Both are in my hands
and feet, not around the joints but in the tissue areas - palms, back of
the hands, fingers between the joints - with my hands being worse than my
feet.

Any itching of eyes or throat?

Nope.

Any mosquito bites in the last week?


No.

No on the humira until you get this figured out-


Yeah, I decided to hold the Humira. I hope I can get my RD to call me
tomorrow, or get in to see her quickly. Being a Hopkins doc, she isn't
very accessible.

Thanks for everyone's thoughts!


M may be right on the money. Poison Ivy is rampant where you live, and
this is a prime time to get exposed to it. A little bit can be harder to
identify than a lot.

Oh, and one thing about poison ivy that I learned the hard way. If
you're exposed to it, your sensitivity is heightened for about a month.
When I bought my house, I pulled out a bunch of poison ivy (wearing
gloves and being very careful not to let the vines brush against my
arms). When I was done, I immediately scrubbed off in a hot shower. A
month later, after a walk through a wooded part of Central Park (where
there was no visible poison ivy), I developed a killer rash on exactly
the parts of my arm that might have been exposed to the poison ivy.

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