Suggest Treatment For Poison Ivy Rashes On The Body

Posted on Thu, 4 May 2017

Question: I've had bad poison ivy rushes all over my body since last Monday. Most of them have turned into bliters and are now oozing.
Last night I started to experience discomfort in groin area around lymph node locations which has since turned into pain which makes it painful to walk.
Additionally I am having a slightly elevated body temperature 99.7.

I've read on the internet that the skin rash may cause the lymph node swell whochay sound like my case though I can't be sure...

I have an appointment with my doctor in about 15 hours, but I'm a little concerned about the lymph nodes and wanted to get a doctor's opinion in advance to make sure it's okay to wait till my appointment time .

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Do not worry about lymph nodes swelling up.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone carefully through your query. I would insist you upload an image of the rashes. I would not get bothered about lymph nodes swelling up. I would insist you to take cetirizine or some other antiallergic once daily for the next few days. You can also apply some emollient like calamine lotion topically.

I would wait for you to get the test done and to upload the image.

Feel free to write back.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana