My husband had exactly the same thing happen to him. An ancient oak dropped a massive branch which my husband went to clear and chop up on a warm day. Whilst there, he decided to cut back ivy climbing up the oak choking it and a silver queen holly growing beside the oak. He leaned into the ivy, cutting, pulling, and after 1 hr of hard work perspiring, he started to itch. He was not wearing gloves and got dusty, dirty and sticky from the ivy. He felt an itch on his neck and scratched at it and rubbed the dust off his stomach where his tee-shirt had rose up. He felt so awful with intense itch, he came in to wash in cold water but the itching got very intense and where he had touched himself a vicious rash appeared and spread. His stomach, his arms, his neck, and upper body. We used antihistamines, dabbed the areas with cotton wool balls soaked in witch hazel, and smoothered it all in calamine lotion twice a day and before bed. The itching became bearable within 3 days but continued until the rash had faded leaving him with red dots. He will be wearing gloves from now on when he has such work to do, and a face mask so he does not breathe in any spores.
My husband had exactly the same thing happen to him. An ancient oak dropped a massive branch which my husband went to clear and chop up on a warm day. Whilst there, he decided to cut back ivy climbing up the oak choking it and a silver queen holly growing beside the oak. He leaned into the ivy, cutting, pulling, and after 1 hr of hard work perspiring, he started to itch. He was not wearing gloves and got dusty, dirty and sticky from the ivy. He felt an itch on his neck and scratched at it and rubbed the dust off his stomach where his tee-shirt had rose up. He felt so awful with intense itch, he came in to wash in cold water but the itching got very intense and where he had touched himself a vicious rash appeared and spread. His stomach, his arms, his neck, and upper body. We used antihistamines, dabbed the areas with cotton wool balls soaked in witch hazel, and smoothered it all in calamine lotion twice a day and before bed. The itching became bearable within 3 days but continued until the rash had faded leaving him with red dots. He will be wearing gloves from now on when he has such work to do, and a face mask so he does not breathe in any spores.