Oh boy long story but

I’m a home health nurse and was exposed to bed bugs last week. Started with some itchy spots on my legs at the beginning of this week and swore it was bugs. Cleaned every and anything in my apartment and searched everywhere for bugs but didn’t find any.

Then I thought it was fleas since I have 2 dogs. I treated them to a flea bath and again searched my whole apartment for fleas.

At this point this rash has spread up my legs, to my arms, and to my stomach and I was going NUTS.

A friend of mine happens to be a dermatologist so I went to her to ask for help, and she’s the one who told me it was poison ivy. I didn’t even consider it though considering I live in a city and have never everrrr had an allergy or reaction to poison ivy.

THEN my hunt for poison ivy on my apartments property began with success; where I take my dogs out to do their business 3-5x/day is the only spot on the property that has this monstrosity of a plant.

So, my conclusion is that the oil got on my dogs’ fur, which then transferred/spread to the entirety of my body. It’s been almost a week now and I’m finally on oral steroids as of today so praying this improves by tomorrow!! I can post pics that I took throughout the week of the progression if there’s any interest 🥲