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[SIGSays]

ahh look at my arm.. damn poison... i dunno what kind.. i tried it all and i didn't scratch it... some people say clear nail polish and some people say windex.. what should i do? it gets worse by the minute so please help!

[beam]

I would say just water, and see a doctor.

[SIGSays]

put water on it? i thought the thing was to keep it as dry as possible

[pbguy888]

call your posin controll center as fast as possible. Should be on like first page of your phone book.

[magman007]

you dont know what posion you got on your self???????

[FalconGuy016]

From outside? or some chemical?

[beam]

Usually, you can't go wrong rinsing it off in water. If it is poison Ivy, it is an oil. Water will rinse some of the oil off, but you want to be careful using soap. It can remove your body's natural oils which actually help to lessen the rash/itch.

But all of that is moot because just looking at the pic, it looks like you have the flesh-eating bacteria, not a rash from poison.

[Brak]

go see a doctor. i had something kinda like that. it was bumps on my knee, and i scratched and the same looking liquid as is on your arm came out all over the place. turns out it was a pretty bad skin infection. just go to the doctor and make sure its ok, worst comes to worst you gotta take antibiotics for a week.

[SIGSays]

it's from outside.. not some chemical.. i have no idea what it is.. it was just bumps and i thought it was a bug bite.. so i scratched it.. then it came out like this... it's so nasty... so check with a doctor?

[TigerMan]

That may be a spider bite. Do you see any marks left that look like spider fangs that bit you? A brown recluse bite can do that sort of thing like your skin, it make its ooze and it kills the muscle around it. Do a web search on brown recluses and see if there known to be in your state. It could very well be one. Definately get it checked out if you think it may be a spider bite, because if it's a brown recluse, it can be deadly. There one of two spiders in the U.S. (black widow being the other) thats venom is poison enough to kill you. Definately look into it.

[SIGSays]

well as long as i don't get hese effects i'm alright right?

Constitutional symptoms, including macular, papular, urticarial, petechial, scarlatiniform, or morbilliform eruption
Hematologic disorders, such as hemolysis, hemoglobinuria, thrombocytopenia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and shock (rare but serious complications)
Fever
Headache
Malaise
Arthralgia
Nausea
Vomiting


cuz i don't got anything.... yet....

[MrMag]

looks to me like poison oak.....or ivy. when you scratched it, after did it randomly spread to other parts of your body (other arm, legs, face, etc)?

[m-98]

Chop your arm off, then there will be no more poison to complain of. Seriously, though call a med center or a doctor.

[SIGSays]

Originally posted by MrMag
looks to me like poison oak.....or ivy. when you scratched it, after did it randomly spread to other parts of your body (other arm, legs, face, etc)?

yeah dude it got to my other arm and my ear

[MrMag]

yep, definately poison oak. when you scratched it, you got the oils on your hands.........and then you touched other parts of your body. does the original "sore" ooze anymore? or any of the other ones that you scratched that oozed?

you need some of this

any calamine lotion will work, just rub a good amount onto the sores and let the healing begin........you can get some at any drug store