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My mother (now gone) never had any reaction to poison oak (I'm from the west coast) until she was exposed to smoke from someone burning it. She was susceptible to it the rest of her life. I was always susceptible to it myself. Once I got some the oil right at the base of my fourth and little fingers (so long ago now that I forget which hand) and the blister patch turned into a single blister and grew to the size of a large marble. At least at that point it stopped itching, and the fluid in it turned out not to be toxic (it had to be opened - it wouldn't shrink.)

Yeah. Dont burn it.