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No, the poison ivy blisters are the caused by the body's natural allergic reaction to the plants. If the blisters break and ooze, the fluid does not contain the oil that causes spreading. The rash-causing oil, called urushiol, from the original contact with poison oak and poison ivy will continue spreading (unless removed) for the first one or two days. It is found in in all parts of poison ivy, oak and sumac plants whether dead, dormant or thriving.
(Source: Cook 2012). More allergenic than poison ivy and poison oak is poison sumac, a deciduous woody shrub or small tree that grows 5â20 feet tall and has a sparse, open form (Figure 9). It inhabits swamps and other wet areas, pine woods, and shady hardwood forests.