• We are moving to Discourse! https://autoflower.discourse.group/

Live Stoner Chat Live Stoner Chat - Jan-Mar '26

Live Stoner Chat
Good morfnoevight you hold out stoners!


Immunity to poison oak can be temporary or you can be sensitive to different "strains". I have walked through patches without incident but I got a little root juice on the back of my hand prospecting that caused a reaction. I did not know what it was at the time so I went to my Doc, he identified it as poison oak. He explained it to me as all about the degree of exposure: Walking through dry plants transfers mainly pollen which sets off some people, wet from dew is bad on skin contact and the juice from the plant is very potent. Even though I don't react to dry contact with poison oak I walk around it now.
I got poison ivy a lot growing up because I went barefoot all summer, running in the woods every day. My legs were often all scabs below the knees. It turns out that the urushiol oil on the leaves of poison ivy, poison oak, etc. triggers an autoimmune response. When the rash is spreading, it's often spreading beneath the skin as the reaction is triggered in adjacent cells that haven't actually been exposed. Each exposure to Urushiol creates more antibodies, so the reactions tend to get worse the more you get exposed to it. Now that my immune system is compromised by leukemia and chemotherapy, maybe I won't react as much. I'm still careful.
 
Back
Top