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Poison ivy/oak/sumac.

It is a chemical burn. Once the urusiol oil is washed away, the tissue destruction stops. Treat it with calamine lotion, that stops the itching.

-I'm not a doctor, but I grew up in southeastern lower Michigan, where poison ivy is pretty much the state plant.

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