Sentences with phrase «with urushiol»

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For decades, researchers have suspected that when the immune system molecule CD1a comes in contact with the plants» oily resin, called urushiol, it triggers inflammation.

And if you suspect an object has urushiol oil on it, clean it with rubbing alcohol or soapy water.

Evidence that you've tangled with poison ivy can take hours or days to appear, depending on how sensitive you are and how much urushiol oil came into contact with your skin.

About 15 % of people are immune to urushiol oil and wouldn't know if they had a close encounter with a poison ivy plant.

A poison ivy rash is caused by urushiol oil from a poison ivy plant coming into contact with skin.

If you're going outdoors and think you might come into contact with poison ivy, use an over-the-counter barrier cream as a buffer between urushiol oil and your skin.

If urushiol oil from a plant does gets on your skin, it could spread to other parts of your body if you touch the oil with your fingers then touch another part of your body.

Dogs can respond with a similar rash as humans, but thick hair often protects the skin from exposure, even in urushiol sensitive dogs.