What does an adult with measles look like?/poison ivy

[lauradi7dw]

There was a woman on the Red Line this morning looking very miserable, covered in red spots. A quick search of duckduckgo images shows me the bare backs of adults with measles and the faces of kids. Some kind of privacy thing? I am hoping she had a bad encounter with poison ivy instead of a communicable disease. My tai chi instructor got poison ivy recently and ended up taking prednisone. I was surprised by this, thinking of rubbing pink stuff on skin rather than having a strong corticosteroid inside.
But here's a ten year old article suggesting it.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4169084/

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[sovay]

My tai chi instructor got poison ivy recently and ended up taking prednisone. I was surprised by this, thinking of rubbing pink stuff on skin rather than having a strong corticosteroid inside.

Wow. I have systemic reactions to poison ivy (which is why I spend much of my outdoor life avoiding it: I overdosed massively at the age of four and it has never gotten better) and was never prescribed steroids. Something to keep in mind if I ever slip up hiking. Thank you.