The boat was docked at an inlet the entire summer. We were on a boat over salt water the entire time. I went fishing in New Jersey on a very hot day and the rash reappeared. My air conditioning went out in my home overnight about 5 years ago and my right arm under the pillow that night became very warm and the rash reappeared, itching and all. I have seen it repeatedly over the last 25 years, often 2-3 years apart from the last episode. Somehow - and I can't imagine how - the heat and sweat resulted in a rash on the inside of my right forearm from the wrist to about halfway up the elbow. However, the temperature has started to rise here in Alabama and I spent a good bit of time working in the garage this week moving boxes and furniture. I am now 51 years old and am 25 years removed from that event. I knew exactly when it happened and how and didn’t have access to any water to rinse off Using the common treatments, Calamine Lotion, Benadryl, etc. Eventually I received a rash on my right inside of my forearm from the wrist to about halfway up to the elbow. I knew I was allergic to Poison Ivy and avoided it, even resorting to wearing long sleeve T-shirts and gloves taped to the sleeves to avoid contact. In the 1990s I was working my way thru college doing landscaping. I ask the Doctors viewing this to perk up and do not try to diagnose what you think you see. So, I am asking everyone reading this who has RECURRENT Poison Ivy rashes (rashes that went away for 6 months or more, and then returned in the exact same same location, in the exact pattern) to please post what you are experiencing. I don't know why and apparently the medical community doesn't either. Poison Ivy does come back in the previously affected area after being exposed to heat. They know for a fact they have not come in contact with it again (its been weeks, months, etc) but yet it has come back in the same exact spot.įor ANYONE trying to make any sort of argument that it didn't go away, was re-contaminated, re-exposed, or something else similar, please spare us. Out of all the searching I've done I only found one site, with a discussion board, of people just like me. I have searched the internet and there are hundreds of sites with the same advice. I know this may come across as being harsh, but if you're going to comment and tell me I must have come in contact with it again, please save yourself the time. He does his own laundry, but all he has to do is look at me and I get it. I'm not sure about other times I've had it, but when I got it this time it was because the poison ivy vine around the tree was about 2" in diameter. My husband has his own tree removal business. Both spots are on the same side of my body so I didn't transfer it by touching it. I threw my old watch away and didn't wear my new one until I was sure the poison ivy had been gone for almost a week. Those 3 dots on my eye are in the same exact spot as 3 weeks ago. I know for a fact my eyelid and my watch have not been re-exposed. This time it has reoccurred on my wrist (underneath my watch) and 3 dots on my eyelid. I'm searching for someone who can shed some light on my poison ivy issue.