Rub the affected area gently with an ice cube for ten to 20 minutes several times a day.
#Poison ivy on face skin
Soothe your toddler's skin with cool compresses or a cool bath with a little baking soda, Epsom salts, or oatmeal (use a colloidal oatmeal bath treatment, sold at most drugstores).In the meantime, try some of the following remedies to help relieve the itch and prevent infection:
You just have to let it run its course, which takes 14 to 20 days. Your toddler either touched the plant oil or something with the oil on it – for example, a ball, a gardening tool, or a pet that had come in contact with the plant. Most cases show up in the spring and summer, when sap's plentiful and the plants bruise easily, but it's possible to get poison ivy, oak, or sumac any time of year. The oil's contained in the sap of the plant's leaves, stems, and roots, and it takes only one-billionth of a gram of urushiol to cause a reaction. So your toddler may brush against the plant several times without problem, only to break out in a rash the next time he meets up with it. In other words, your body responds only after repeated exposure.
While no one's born with the allergy, exposure to the plant produces sensitivity to it. About 85 percent of the population is allergic to urushiol, making it the most common allergy in the country. They contain a potent, irritating oil called urushiol. And because the rash can become infected, it's important to keep an eye on it. Poison sumac prefers standing water, especially along the Mississippi River and in the eastern parts of the country. Poison oak is most often found in the West and Southeast. In the United States, poison ivy is most common in the Midwest and the East but can be found throughout the country except in the Southwest, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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