nytreeman
ArboristSite Operative
I was reading a post on brown lung and it got me wondering have any had bad allergic reactions from certain trees?I've been in trees covered with poison Ivy or oak many times and have even climbed trees with it for another company whos climber is extremely allergic to it,and have never had a reaction to it,even ripping the vines out by hand with the sap dripping on me.But I had to remove 4 huge Butternuts which had to be pieced down in small cuts and then blocked to the ground.So for 2 days I was covered with the sawdust and sap plus it was 85 degrees out and I was sweating like mad and stained yellow from the sap.Within a day of finishing them I noticed small blisters on my arms and eventually the skin on my arms,chest even some on my face peeled as if from a bad sunburn.I know these trees like walnuts and some others contain juglone but it was the first time I had any problems.just wondered if others had experienced any similar or other reactions?