If any botanist has any explanation for an urushiol resistance let me know. As far as I know this isnt how its supposed to work. It gets worse and this is how it happened for me till…well it didnt. The last bout I got made me sick and needing a steroid shot. (I didn't take it. I took benadryl and called it a day.)
Got any ideas? I noticed after I decided to keep one. Dont ask why. I habe no idea. So I trimmed it and noticed I didn't get anything. So I rubbed up on it. Still nothing. I took a leaf and rubbed it into my skin….nothing.
Just to be sure I found some on a walk in the park with my wife and baby and slapped my arm and rubbed it down with it when I found some.
Its been 24 hrs since and still nothing.
How did this happen? Are there any cases like this?
Thank you for any answers I get.
by Anxious_Flounder_515
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It’s probably because box elder maple doesn’t contain urushiol.
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This has to be satire. Please tell me it’s satire.
Not poison homie
This………………..isn’t poison ivy. It’s not even a vine.
Urushiol causes an allergic reaction in some people. Exposure doesn’t affect everyone. There is no “immunity”, though. Sensitivity can just “turn on”. Sometimes people who thought they were immune end up having reactions to it.
There is no urushiol resistance, because it’s not really a poison. It’s an allergen, and people vary in their sensitivity to it. Some people are not allergic at all and others are very allergic. Most people are somewhere in the middle, but it can change for often unknown reasons. As a general rule of thumb, repeated exposure to allergens make people more sensitive, but there are exceptions. Some people spontaneously became less sensitive for no obvious reason, because immune systems can be strange and unpredictable.
Personally, while I am sensitive to urushiol, I can usually touch the leaves gently without consequence.