WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.090 --> 00:00:01.110 I'm Anne Chappelle. 2 00:00:01.110 --> 00:00:03.240 I'm a board-certified toxicologist, 3 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.450 and I'm here today to answer your questions from Twitter. 4 00:00:06.450 --> 00:00:08.097 This is "Poison Support". 5 00:00:12.450 --> 00:00:14.730 First up, we have a question from @koobylikon. 6 00:00:14.730 --> 00:00:17.640 Dude, what makes poison poisonous? 7 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.120 Well, a poison is a substance that can do damage 8 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.740 to any living organism or to the environment, 9 00:00:25.740 --> 00:00:28.050 but it's really all about the dose. 10 00:00:28.050 --> 00:00:30.360 Low dose, less effects. 11 00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:32.670 High dose, generally higher effects. 12 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:34.761 If you drank six liters of water, 13 00:00:34.761 --> 00:00:37.350 that probably could kill you. 14 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:42.350 How about 118 cups of coffee in a row, or 75 espressos? 15 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.530 That would give you an overdose of caffeine. 16 00:00:46.530 --> 00:00:48.653 Something else that could kill you right on your table: 17 00:00:48.653 --> 00:00:51.726 225 grams of salt. 18 00:00:51.726 --> 00:00:53.100 There's a lot of things 19 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:55.021 that you might not think are poisonous, 20 00:00:55.021 --> 00:00:58.380 but in the right dose, they most definitely are. 21 00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:01.384 @nextyounginn, WTF is sun poisoning? 22 00:01:01.384 --> 00:01:04.082 I thought it was just called sunburn. 23 00:01:04.082 --> 00:01:08.550 Both sun poisoning and sunburn are both caused 24 00:01:08.550 --> 00:01:10.950 by overexposure to UV rays. 25 00:01:10.950 --> 00:01:14.580 A severe sunburn becomes sun poisoning 26 00:01:14.580 --> 00:01:19.580 when it moves from just that red, hot rash to blisters, 27 00:01:19.772 --> 00:01:23.550 feeling like you have the flu, dizzy, or nauseous. 28 00:01:23.550 --> 00:01:27.401 Sun poisoning is your body's immune reaction 29 00:01:27.401 --> 00:01:30.060 to all of that sun damage. 30 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:32.640 So what do you do if you have either of those things? 31 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.340 Make sure you drink lots and lots of water. 32 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:37.410 That sun damage will dehydrate you, 33 00:01:37.410 --> 00:01:40.505 and dehydration is a cause of a whole lot of other problems. 34 00:01:40.505 --> 00:01:42.270 Stay out of the sun. 35 00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:46.530 Apply cool, not icy cold, compresses on your skin. 36 00:01:46.530 --> 00:01:51.007 Take an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory agent as well. 37 00:01:51.007 --> 00:01:52.526 @WalkingDad_IE. 38 00:01:52.526 --> 00:01:56.526 So if one happened to smash a mercury thermometer 39 00:01:56.526 --> 00:01:58.680 and then happened 40 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.764 to spend an hour forensically gathering tiny dots 41 00:02:00.764 --> 00:02:02.794 of quicksilver from the floor, 42 00:02:02.794 --> 00:02:07.178 how would one happen to safely dispose of the evidence? 43 00:02:07.178 --> 00:02:09.390 Asking for a friend... 44 00:02:09.390 --> 00:02:12.912 It is very, very important that you are careful 45 00:02:12.912 --> 00:02:17.580 and complete in how you actually clean up this spill. 46 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:20.580 Mercury can vaporize, get into the air, 47 00:02:20.580 --> 00:02:22.020 and you can breathe it. 48 00:02:22.020 --> 00:02:24.780 So you wanna see if you can have your windows open. 49 00:02:24.780 --> 00:02:26.310 Please don't touch it. 50 00:02:26.310 --> 00:02:28.458 I know it's fun to let it play in your hand, 51 00:02:28.458 --> 00:02:30.420 but you can't do that anymore. 52 00:02:30.420 --> 00:02:31.941 So wear some gloves. 53 00:02:31.941 --> 00:02:33.510 Be very careful. 54 00:02:33.510 --> 00:02:36.805 Use duct tape to kind of pound on the ground to clean it up. 55 00:02:36.805 --> 00:02:39.360 You can use damp paper towels. 56 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.819 All of those things, those cleaning supplies, 57 00:02:41.819 --> 00:02:46.819 everything, put into some kind of giant Ziploc-type bag, 58 00:02:47.070 --> 00:02:48.480 and then you're gonna have to wait 59 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:51.090 until you have a hazardous waste collection day 60 00:02:51.090 --> 00:02:52.325 and dispose of it properly. 61 00:02:52.325 --> 00:02:57.325 Do not clean up spilled mercury with a vacuum cleaner. 62 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:01.184 Mercury is very, very dangerous for the environment, 63 00:03:01.184 --> 00:03:03.934 and it's also not great for you either. 64 00:03:03.934 --> 00:03:08.070 From @RickNowack, what is the most poisonous mushroom? 65 00:03:08.070 --> 00:03:09.360 It's a poisonous mushroom. 66 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.520 Does it have to have the most poisonous? 67 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.020 Well, if you really want to know, 68 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:15.973 it's probably the death cap mushroom. 69 00:03:15.973 --> 00:03:20.973 Within six to 12 hours, you are in incredible pain. 70 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.330 Nausea, vomiting, violent chills, 71 00:03:24.330 --> 00:03:27.960 muscle contractions, all of these nasty things. 72 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.690 And eventually, if the dose was high enough, 73 00:03:30.690 --> 00:03:32.640 you end up having liver failure, 74 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:34.718 multiple organ failure, and death. 75 00:03:34.718 --> 00:03:36.540 From Crimson Sexta, 76 00:03:36.540 --> 00:03:38.430 I've been trying for so long 77 00:03:38.430 --> 00:03:41.250 to explain the difference between venom and poison 78 00:03:41.250 --> 00:03:44.160 when it comes to snakes to my friends. 79 00:03:44.160 --> 00:03:44.993 Help! 80 00:03:44.993 --> 00:03:47.283 The difference really is how that poison is delivered 81 00:03:47.283 --> 00:03:48.346 to the person. 82 00:03:48.346 --> 00:03:52.470 A poison is administered or you're exposed to it 83 00:03:52.470 --> 00:03:56.490 via breathing or touching it or ingesting it. 84 00:03:56.490 --> 00:03:58.859 Venom, that is also a poison, 85 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:01.530 but it's how you get that poison. 86 00:04:01.530 --> 00:04:04.325 That's more of a sting or a bite. 87 00:04:04.325 --> 00:04:07.003 So it's more active. 88 00:04:07.003 --> 00:04:09.466 You eat a frog, that's a poison. 89 00:04:09.466 --> 00:04:12.118 You get bit by a copperhead snake, 90 00:04:12.118 --> 00:04:14.961 that's a venomous attack. 91 00:04:14.961 --> 00:04:19.470 @WildlifeDefence asks, what is Compound 1080? 92 00:04:19.470 --> 00:04:24.470 Compound 1080 is an extremely potent predacide. 93 00:04:24.750 --> 00:04:28.890 Predacide is designed to kill predators. 94 00:04:28.890 --> 00:04:31.890 So if you've got sheep and goats in your field 95 00:04:31.890 --> 00:04:33.637 and you've got a problem with coyotes, 96 00:04:33.637 --> 00:04:35.850 well, this is what you would use. 97 00:04:35.850 --> 00:04:39.090 Because Compound 1080 is so potent, 98 00:04:39.090 --> 00:04:41.410 they have a special way to administer it 99 00:04:41.410 --> 00:04:46.410 to avoid killing broad numbers of animals in your field. 100 00:04:47.307 --> 00:04:50.330 There's a collar that they put around the neck. 101 00:04:50.330 --> 00:04:55.260 So it's got a collar with a reservoir of the 1080 right 102 00:04:55.260 --> 00:04:58.326 along the neck so that when the coyote comes along 103 00:04:58.326 --> 00:05:00.110 and grabs the neck, 104 00:05:00.110 --> 00:05:04.530 it bites into that reservoir and is immediately poisoned 105 00:05:04.530 --> 00:05:05.587 and dies. 106 00:05:05.587 --> 00:05:08.728 @LTHSAPES asks, what does a toxicologist study? 107 00:05:08.728 --> 00:05:11.040 Just like there's different kinds of doctors, 108 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:12.910 there's lots of different kinds of toxicologists. 109 00:05:12.910 --> 00:05:16.110 I am an occupational toxicologist, 110 00:05:16.110 --> 00:05:18.840 and my job is to look at all the things 111 00:05:18.840 --> 00:05:20.280 that could be in a workplace. 112 00:05:20.280 --> 00:05:22.650 Food toxicologists, for example, 113 00:05:22.650 --> 00:05:24.990 they work to make sure our food supply is safe. 114 00:05:24.990 --> 00:05:27.990 I even know a toxicologist that works at a winery. 115 00:05:27.990 --> 00:05:29.310 From @bluebellbats, 116 00:05:29.310 --> 00:05:31.470 Google search how to detect poison. 117 00:05:31.470 --> 00:05:33.492 Unfortunately, to detect a poison, 118 00:05:33.492 --> 00:05:36.895 I'm gonna need to have a little bit more information. 119 00:05:36.895 --> 00:05:39.514 If the lead singer is Brett Michaels, 120 00:05:39.514 --> 00:05:42.540 then I'm sure it is poison. 121 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:46.170 If it's just bad medicine, sorry, that's Bon Jovi. 122 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:49.941 If it's party poison, that's My Chemical Romance. 123 00:05:49.941 --> 00:05:54.941 @katlinnrebecca asks, so is alcohol actually poison, or... 124 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.788 Anything can be a poison in the right dose, 125 00:05:58.788 --> 00:06:03.018 and alcohol is definitely a poison if you drink too much. 126 00:06:03.018 --> 00:06:07.470 First of all, alcohol can impair your central nervous system 127 00:06:07.470 --> 00:06:09.150 so that can slow your breathing. 128 00:06:09.150 --> 00:06:13.587 A byproduct of alcohol metabolism is the formation 129 00:06:13.587 --> 00:06:15.149 of acetaldehyde. 130 00:06:15.149 --> 00:06:19.800 Acetaldehyde is a chemical that really likes 131 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.840 to damage parts of your liver. 132 00:06:21.840 --> 00:06:26.840 Long-term, that slow exposure over time to alcohol 133 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:31.507 and its metabolites can result in cirrhosis 134 00:06:31.507 --> 00:06:33.986 and other kinds of liver damage, 135 00:06:33.986 --> 00:06:37.830 eventually leading to potentially liver cancer. 136 00:06:37.830 --> 00:06:40.950 From @lkhouvanjou75, 137 00:06:40.950 --> 00:06:44.520 mad hatters were mad because of the lead/mercury? 138 00:06:44.520 --> 00:06:45.544 Anybody know why? 139 00:06:45.544 --> 00:06:46.397 I do. 140 00:06:46.397 --> 00:06:47.949 It was mercury. 141 00:06:47.949 --> 00:06:51.930 Mercury was used to help make the different skins they used 142 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:52.763 for hats. 143 00:06:52.763 --> 00:06:55.012 It helped that fur matte really well. 144 00:06:55.012 --> 00:06:57.690 It also toughened up the fibers 145 00:06:57.690 --> 00:07:00.030 and was made of very high-quality felt 146 00:07:00.030 --> 00:07:02.040 that was gonna be used in the hat. 147 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.585 Part of the hat-making process is 148 00:07:03.585 --> 00:07:05.600 that you steam the hat. 149 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.981 That releases all of that mercury into the air, 150 00:07:08.981 --> 00:07:10.290 and then they breathed it. 151 00:07:10.290 --> 00:07:12.600 They said that they were mad hatters. 152 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.773 It's because of many of the psychological symptoms 153 00:07:14.773 --> 00:07:18.120 that the overexposure to the mercury caused: 154 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:22.170 hallucinations, dizziness, tremors. 155 00:07:22.170 --> 00:07:24.030 You think of mad hatters, actually, 156 00:07:24.030 --> 00:07:26.480 as something being from Victorian times, 157 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.046 ut actually it wasn't until 1940s that, 158 00:07:29.046 --> 00:07:31.020 in the United States, 159 00:07:31.020 --> 00:07:33.450 the governor of Connecticut banned the use 160 00:07:33.450 --> 00:07:34.816 of mercury in hats. 161 00:07:34.816 --> 00:07:39.810 @Apypawe asks, how long does poison take to work? 162 00:07:39.810 --> 00:07:41.819 Some poisons can make you sick right 163 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:44.611 after you ingest, breathe, or touch it. 164 00:07:44.611 --> 00:07:49.110 Other poisons, those can take a lifetime to really manifest 165 00:07:49.110 --> 00:07:50.264 in its adverse effects. 166 00:07:50.264 --> 00:07:52.271 Something like cyanide. 167 00:07:52.271 --> 00:07:55.600 You've seen them eat those poison pills in movies. 168 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.680 That definitely can kill you within a few minutes. 169 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.740 Cyanide is a very toxic chemical, 170 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:03.870 and it is extremely potent. 171 00:08:03.870 --> 00:08:05.621 When you get exposed to cyanide, 172 00:08:05.621 --> 00:08:09.504 it quickly enters your cell and stops your cell's ability 173 00:08:09.504 --> 00:08:11.460 to actually make energy. 174 00:08:11.460 --> 00:08:14.130 You see the convulsions, you have a heart attack, 175 00:08:14.130 --> 00:08:16.320 you have different problems within your heart, 176 00:08:16.320 --> 00:08:18.726 and it's all because cyanide is really good 177 00:08:18.726 --> 00:08:22.380 about getting in your body and inside those cells 178 00:08:22.380 --> 00:08:26.610 where it irreversibly stops all energy production. 179 00:08:26.610 --> 00:08:30.990 Let's take another example like E.coli-contaminated lettuce. 180 00:08:30.990 --> 00:08:33.244 You eat your sandwich, you're happy, 181 00:08:33.244 --> 00:08:36.376 and then that bacteria produces a toxin 182 00:08:36.376 --> 00:08:40.470 that slowly gets released and absorbed into your gut 183 00:08:40.470 --> 00:08:42.570 and into the rest of your body. 184 00:08:42.570 --> 00:08:44.800 So it takes a few days, often, 185 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:49.303 for E.coli to really start to exert its adverse effect. 186 00:08:49.303 --> 00:08:51.990 That's one of the reasons why food poisoning is 187 00:08:51.990 --> 00:08:53.645 so difficult to diagnose. 188 00:08:53.645 --> 00:08:57.180 You have to go back to food that you ate maybe three 189 00:08:57.180 --> 00:08:58.230 or four days ago. 190 00:08:58.230 --> 00:09:00.466 And I can't even remember what I had for breakfast. 191 00:09:00.466 --> 00:09:04.685 @96Berry asks, if a poison expires, 192 00:09:04.685 --> 00:09:08.370 will it still be poisonous, or will it not? 193 00:09:08.370 --> 00:09:09.945 Actually, it really depends. 194 00:09:09.945 --> 00:09:13.020 Some drugs, some pesticides, 195 00:09:13.020 --> 00:09:15.317 some chemicals that are poisons, 196 00:09:15.317 --> 00:09:17.760 they break down very readily 197 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:20.082 when they're exposed to air, moisture. 198 00:09:20.082 --> 00:09:24.690 Some poisons are what I would consider shelf-stable. 199 00:09:24.690 --> 00:09:27.122 It doesn't matter how long that they sit around, 200 00:09:27.122 --> 00:09:30.183 they're still going to be just as potent 201 00:09:30.183 --> 00:09:32.887 as the day they came out of the factory. 202 00:09:32.887 --> 00:09:35.520 @A2PathwaysMedia asks, 203 00:09:35.520 --> 00:09:38.820 what are the long term effects of lead poisoning? 204 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:39.720 Serious. 205 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:43.869 The problem with lead is that it is stored in your bones. 206 00:09:43.869 --> 00:09:48.000 As you age and you naturally lose bone density, 207 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.040 lead is slowly released. 208 00:09:50.040 --> 00:09:53.506 A young child who happens to ingest lead paint, 209 00:09:53.506 --> 00:09:55.565 they're gonna be seen with lower IQ, 210 00:09:55.565 --> 00:09:57.543 potentially hearing problems. 211 00:09:57.543 --> 00:09:59.699 In adults, a lot of times, 212 00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:02.370 the adverse effects most associated 213 00:10:02.370 --> 00:10:05.100 with lead exposure is high blood pressure. 214 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:07.885 And what happens when you have constant high blood pressure? 215 00:10:07.885 --> 00:10:11.365 You're at higher risk for stroke and heart attack. 216 00:10:11.365 --> 00:10:15.060 @thelarssan asks, what is the deadliest poison? 217 00:10:15.060 --> 00:10:17.910 Clostridium botulinum bacteria. 218 00:10:17.910 --> 00:10:22.170 These are usually happy, little microbes that live in soil. 219 00:10:22.170 --> 00:10:24.281 When they are deprived of oxygen, 220 00:10:24.281 --> 00:10:29.281 they produce the world's most deadliest toxin, botulinum. 221 00:10:29.340 --> 00:10:34.290 You can find botulism toxin in expired food containers. 222 00:10:34.290 --> 00:10:35.123 Don't eat those. 223 00:10:35.123 --> 00:10:39.453 Botulism toxin causes an inhibition of the release 224 00:10:39.453 --> 00:10:42.867 of acetylcholine, as diagrammed here. 225 00:10:42.867 --> 00:10:46.789 So if you cannot release acetylcholine, 226 00:10:46.789 --> 00:10:49.950 then you can't have your muscles contract. 227 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:52.114 Then, you really can't breathe, 228 00:10:52.114 --> 00:10:54.151 and your heart won't work correctly. 229 00:10:54.151 --> 00:10:58.060 But there's actually an upside to botulism toxin. 230 00:10:58.060 --> 00:11:00.369 It's called Botox. 231 00:11:00.369 --> 00:11:01.557 There are lots of people 232 00:11:01.557 --> 00:11:03.134 that really don't want certain muscles 233 00:11:03.134 --> 00:11:06.210 in their face to contract anymore. 234 00:11:06.210 --> 00:11:09.583 They go to the doctor and they get an injection of Botox. 235 00:11:09.583 --> 00:11:12.240 You can also use botulism toxin 236 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.202 to treat several other kinds of conditions, 237 00:11:14.202 --> 00:11:19.110 like migraines, certain rapid blinking diseases. 238 00:11:19.110 --> 00:11:21.900 You can also get Botox injections 239 00:11:21.900 --> 00:11:24.007 to stop excessive sweating. 240 00:11:24.007 --> 00:11:26.340 @chaeyoungsslave asks the question, 241 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:29.400 how does overdosing on pills actually work? 242 00:11:29.400 --> 00:11:31.020 Genuinely curious. 243 00:11:31.020 --> 00:11:33.993 An overdose doesn't necessarily mean death. 244 00:11:33.993 --> 00:11:38.880 An overdose means that you've absolutely taken too much 245 00:11:38.880 --> 00:11:40.290 of that particular medicine, 246 00:11:40.290 --> 00:11:42.930 and that could result in adverse effects 247 00:11:42.930 --> 00:11:44.820 that are detrimental to life and health. 248 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:46.497 Another way that you can overdose results 249 00:11:46.497 --> 00:11:48.750 from a combination, maybe, 250 00:11:48.750 --> 00:11:51.150 of different drugs that you normally would take separately, 251 00:11:51.150 --> 00:11:56.010 that when combined, they all have the same intended effect, 252 00:11:56.010 --> 00:11:58.380 and then that overwhelms your body. 253 00:11:58.380 --> 00:12:00.330 And that can be what kills you. 254 00:12:00.330 --> 00:12:01.620 Here's another example. 255 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:04.410 You build up tolerance for a certain drug for a while, 256 00:12:04.410 --> 00:12:05.730 and then you stop taking it. 257 00:12:05.730 --> 00:12:08.242 Your body goes back to the pre-levels 258 00:12:08.242 --> 00:12:10.800 of how it was able to metabolize it. 259 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:13.710 And then, all of a sudden, you take another high dose, 260 00:12:13.710 --> 00:12:15.870 thinking, "Hey, that's the dose I used to take," 261 00:12:15.870 --> 00:12:17.297 and that throws you into an overdose. 262 00:12:17.297 --> 00:12:20.862 Okay, @AdelePrass, how fast does Hemlock work? 263 00:12:20.862 --> 00:12:25.350 I'm thinking I should stockpile Brompton's Cocktails. 264 00:12:25.350 --> 00:12:26.183 In the 1930s, 265 00:12:26.183 --> 00:12:29.100 a Brompton Cocktail was commonly given 266 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:31.980 to terminally ill people, 267 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:36.980 and it was this crazy mixture of morphine, cocaine, alcohol, 268 00:12:37.436 --> 00:12:42.436 anti-nausea agents, as well as tranquilizers. 269 00:12:43.110 --> 00:12:47.304 The goal of a Brompton Cocktail was to relieve pain 270 00:12:47.304 --> 00:12:51.810 and to help you be awake enough so that you could talk 271 00:12:51.810 --> 00:12:53.648 to your friends when they came to visit you 272 00:12:53.648 --> 00:12:55.020 on your deathbed. 273 00:12:55.020 --> 00:12:57.000 line:15% You also asked about Hemlock. 274 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:00.150 line:15% Hemlock is a plant that, the leaves, 275 00:13:00.150 --> 00:13:02.550 line:15% and especially the roots, are very, very poisonous. 276 00:13:02.550 --> 00:13:05.850 line:15% So you really wouldn't take a Brompton Cocktail 277 00:13:05.850 --> 00:13:07.350 line:15% and add some Hemlock to it, 278 00:13:07.350 --> 00:13:10.200 line:15% because the Brompton Cocktail was really made, 279 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:11.872 not to help you die, 280 00:13:11.872 --> 00:13:14.010 but to help you be happy 281 00:13:14.010 --> 00:13:16.567 and pain-free when your friends came to visit. 282 00:13:16.567 --> 00:13:20.400 @nicksbluepen: y'all, how poisonous is pen ink? 283 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:22.050 It isn't very toxic. 284 00:13:22.050 --> 00:13:24.134 According to the World Health Organization, 285 00:13:24.134 --> 00:13:28.407 ballpoint pens, felt-tip pens, fountain pens, 286 00:13:28.407 --> 00:13:32.460 all of them do not contain enough toxic ingredients, 287 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:33.810 even if you sucked on them, 288 00:13:33.810 --> 00:13:36.150 to cause serious adverse effects. 289 00:13:36.150 --> 00:13:38.850 However, you might have a blue tongue. 290 00:13:38.850 --> 00:13:40.950 Question from @SportsPundette, 291 00:13:40.950 --> 00:13:43.590 anybody ever had rebound poison ivy rash? 292 00:13:43.590 --> 00:13:44.520 No? 293 00:13:44.520 --> 00:13:45.390 Just me? 294 00:13:45.390 --> 00:13:46.223 Perfect. 295 00:13:46.223 --> 00:13:47.346 This is not uncommon. 296 00:13:47.346 --> 00:13:49.455 If you have a bad poison ivy rash, 297 00:13:49.455 --> 00:13:53.100 sometimes the doctor will give you an injection of steroids 298 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:55.020 to help calm your immune system down 299 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:56.610 so that the rash can go away. 300 00:13:56.610 --> 00:14:00.840 If that medicine wears off before you're fully healed, 301 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.039 then you can get what they call a rebound rash. 302 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.205 That's all the questions I could find on Twitter. 303 00:14:05.205 --> 00:14:06.547 So until next time, 304 00:14:06.547 --> 00:14:09.507 this is Anne Chappelle with "Poison Support".