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Hi Glenn.  Just a note of caution when cut it gives off chemicals that can cause serious irritation (skin and lungs) English Ivy poisoning.  Info link below:

 

https://healthyliving.azcentral.com/treatment-and-symptoms-of-english-ivy-rash-12316341.html

 

Had a bad case of it last year - bad for a week or more - problems breathing, couldn't eat because I couldn't swallow - really unpleasant but hey on the upside lost nearly 1/2 a stone !!!  Oh yeah there's NO treatment/cure - you just have to sit it out !

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4 minutes ago, ABtrees said:

Hi Glenn.  Just a note of caution when cut it gives off chemicals that can cause serious irritation (skin and lungs) English Ivy poisoning.  Info link below:

 

https://healthyliving.azcentral.com/treatment-and-symptoms-of-english-ivy-rash-12316341.html

 

Had a bad case of it last year - bad for a week or more - problems breathing, couldn't eat because I couldn't swallow - really unpleasant but hey on the upside lost nearly 1/2 a stone !!!  Oh yeah there's NO treatment/cure - you just have to sit it out !

How have I never heard of this before?

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56 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Hmmmm.
Not sure that's true.
Been rolling in ivy since I was a kid.

Unfortunately it is very real - it took me 2 or 3 days took work out what it was.  That said, I am sure that like any allergic reaction it will affect different people to a greater or lesser extent.  Rolling around in it wouldn't necessarily have the same effect - it releases these chemicals when cut (which is why I thought to post - chipping ?!!!!).  I think the circumstances are also crucial (as I have posted before on this).  I was working on a hot day and was in a confined space with the cut material. Both things (I found out later) you absolutely shouldn't do !!!  It started with a tickly cough then my throat closed up and by day 2 it became genuinely too painful to swallow and (happily for some !) I lost my voice. It took about 10 days to go completely.

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