 [ Symptoms ] 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 [ Disease ] i am sorry to hear you got poison ivy ouch i hope by now your rash has cleared up i am 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 was not poison ivy like you thought it was whenever symptoms come back after treatment    or never clear up even with medication    it is 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