[Az-Geocaching] Poison Oak/Ivy

Jim Stamm az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 08:41:01 -0700


Trisha Radley wrote on 1/12/02 7:03 AM :

>A good, more thorough definition...are we boring anybody yet?
>I do understand the mechanism that explains "immunity" and why repeated
>exposure results in greater damage, but I don't feel like trying to write it
>out all here.....LOL

I don't blame you.  I first heard it from a doctoral candidate working on 
occupational immunology reactions, and it's a tough one to explain.  Does 
it have something to do with T-cells acquiring memory?

-Jim

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