i'm sorry to hear you got poison ivy. ouch! i hope by now your rash has cleared up. i'm not sure why the rash would come back after clearing up unless you were exposed to poison ivy again or if the source of the first rash wasn't poison ivy like you thought it was. whenever symptoms come back after treatment -- or never clear up even with medication -- it's a good idea to go back to the doctor. these situations deserve to be re-evaluated. steroids can calm down many different types of rashes. however if the cause of your rash was from within your system (shingles for example) then the rash could return after the course of steroids was complete. anyway i hope things turned out well for you!
i have poison ivy and was given steroids. i cleared up and now i am breaking out again. why? . they also gave me a shot in the hospital