Preventing the Rash

• Avoid Exposure: Avoid exposure to these plants, especially if you have had a bad reaction in the past.
• Wash skin: If you are exposed, remove the irritating plant oil from your skin as soon as possible. Wash the exposed part of your body with soap and water within 30 minutes. Wash your clothes in warm soapy water.
• IvyBlock: An over the counter cream that you put on your skin before walking in the woods. It coats the skin and acts as a barrier to the irritating oil of the poison ivy/oak/sumac plants and prevents the rash from occurring. More information is available at http://www.ivyblock.com.