#I'm allergic to quite a few plants and even with allergy meds a mild reaction was expected

[jayswing101]

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#went to mādahòkì farm to volunteer on friday #my task was to clear out the (invasive) grapevines and the other weeds growing around the fence in one of the horse paddocks #it was hot and sunny and i may have forgotten to drink enough water #i wasn't surprised to pass the heck out from heat exhaustion after coming home and showering #i also wasn't surprised to have some red patches on my skin afterwards - there's a couple spots that were stinging after touching a plant #I'm allergic to quite a few plants and even with allergy meds a mild reaction was expected #the redness wasn't super concerning either bc i also had my normal allergy things - niagara falls nose and sneezing and itchy eyes #what was a shock tho #was pushing my sleeves up 30 mins ago and finding more red spots and blisters on my arms #and then checking my legs and finding red spots and the start of blisters there too 😭 #i may have panicked thinking it was a pox of the monkey variety #but then i realised - hold up these blisters and red spots are where the stinging was on friday #and so i looked it up and it turns out if you touch a plant you're sensitive to and then expose that area to sunlight #you can get phytophotodermatisis #do not look at google image searches of this - the severe cases are v unpleasant to see #but i looked it up and those are the exact blisters i have - they look the same #and some of the plants that are known to cause phytophotodermatisis in everyone were plants that I pulled/cut at the farm #anyways. it's not been fun 😭 #moral of the story: maybe don't do weeding in a tshirt and shorts on a sunny day when you're allergic to plants?