After clearing brush next to a highway at our home, within a couple hours of coming in, my Husband said he had a dripping in his ear. Then his face begin to swell and he had a reddish color. In the early morning hours we both were miserable. His face was very swollen and had a purplish hue to his face. We were both covered on our arms with blisters..and swelling. It also felt like a bad sunburn and the skin felt like leather. The itching was worse than any poison ivy or oak I had ever had. We both had been completely covered with long pants...long sleeves gloves and boots. Took me 2 months to get better, but scars were left on my arms. Two days ago I was just in my yard with shorts and T shirt for about an hour planting vegetables. With in a couple hours from where my T shirt sleeves was...I had like a bad sunburn again with a horrible itchy rash and swelling. Went to a Dr during the first time......they were clueless...wanted to give me antibiotics and a steroid shot..which they did...I got worse...they brought me in and gave me another one....then I realized I was allergic to the steroids and on top of what I was dealing with, I now was covered from head to toe in itchy hives.. Any ideas ? Radiation sickness ?