Friday, June 4, 2010

urushiol


Urushiol is an oily chemical that has been produce by the plants like oak, poison ivy, the samac and mangoes. Tat chemical causes allergic to the touched skin that has been exposed to this plants.

Urushiol is in the trees `s juice which in moisture produces a hard liquid as the pollen counts increased.

Urushiol causes skin allergic when the individual is directly contact to these plants. Its also quick react that when you touch any material that contains such chemical could cause allergic reaction. Well if you burn such plants then there airborne is very dangerous to individual when inhaled.

Urushiol infected person would suffer have the symptom like redness, inching, blistering and the swelling. Its started just likes ordinary bud bite or rashes but needed to be examining very carefully and examined. When someone is going in such area should have precautionary measures like to avoid such plants, wearing long sleeves and proper protecting clothes.

For precautionary measure, when seems that the skin is effected then clean the skin thoroughly with medicated cleanser, removed the everything that has been contacted with such chemical, most appropriate is to throw it way. Well scratching to the infected areas of body will not spread the diseases because its bound in the skin but scratch could lads to breakage of the skin that would help bacteria to enter the skin causing the infection.

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