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[Douglas Gregg]

Marshall,
I think those logs you picked up probably had poison ivy vines on them
when they were cut. they might have been off when you found them but
the toxin was still there. It makes sense that you got poison ivy rash
a couple days later. I have had it few times for that very reason.

One of the best treatments I have found is to take a very hot shower,
as hot as your can stand and aimed at the affected areas on your arms
and legs. It will make the itching intense but you can scratch it in
the shower and break all the blister. This does not spread the rash.
It will quit itching and go away in a couple days.

Douglas Gregg DVM
Classic Piano Doc

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 15:24:01 -0500
From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: [pianotech] interesting thing happened not sure if piano
        related
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Hi Everyone,I wanted to know if pianos could have anything that could
cause an alergic reaction namely swelling hives and itching on hands.
I've been trying to trace my tracks to find out what I could have
touched that would cause this.  I don't have any food algeries because
I had alergy tests last year. Ragweed and grass is the problem.  I
found some firewood at the curb when passing someons house and
snatched it up, but I've handled firewood lots of times throughout my
life and had no problems.  I even split fire food with a sledge
hammer. Does that scare any of you out there since I 'm alegall blind
guy.   Pine sap bothers me but not like this.   On Friday when I
finished up tuning a nice Pramberger console I either didn't realze or
forgot that a little metal thing that the piano owner put on or was
there originally, not certain,  the foot of the bench to keep it from
damaging the floor fell off and landed with the pointy part up. I
kneeled down to take off the bottom pa
 nel in order to adjust the muffler rail pedal and I kneeled on that
sucker the metal pointy things.  It hurt like  a you fill that in. lol
 I didn't think anything of it. I finishedup and went to the bathroom
to wash hands etc like I always do when I finsh at a customers house,
force of habit because I've grown so accustomed to taking public
transit and sometimes the wait is long.  Anyway I had bled onto my
pant leg on the knee and didn't think anything of it. I went home and
took care of it. Could something from that metal thing gotten into my
system and caused the hives on both hands and legs too a day later?  I
did have a tetanus shot 5 years ago.  Fortunately my neice is a
physician cardiac assistant and called in a perscription for me some
steroid medication. Im still itching some when I handle things or use
hot water, but have any of you ever had this happen?  I've been cut by
piano wore I don't know how many times and even brass center pins and
didn't have a reaction.
   This was so weird.  thanks Marshall215-510-9400http://www.phillytuner.com
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