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Help plz! can poison ivy spread if i cross my legs a lot?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Only if there is: still Urushiol on your skin.

Dr Munshower and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 7/26/2014

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