Thread: think I've developed a silky oak allergy.

medullary

Originally Posted by DavidG

medullary

Thanks. Don't tell . And can ya fix up AllArgy in the title? Hell! Someone might want to google it or something.

Bummer dude.

bit rough. Lucky I have not yet copped any effects.
Try some hay fever tablets. the antihistamine may help ???

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Bummer dude.

Thanks! I'll have to get a new favourite timber now.

(Thanks for correcting the typo in the title. I seem to also have an "e" somehow on the front of "edeveloped" instead of on the end of "I've" Might be time I went to bed. )

Originally Posted by DavidG

bit rough. Lucky I have not yet copped any effects.
Try some hay fever tablets. the antihistamine may help ???

Good idea. I think I even have some. except they are "non drowsie". Night now.

Absolute bummer!!

Originally Posted by tea lady

B&^$*@! Silky oak is my favourite wood. But turned a bit today, and now I have "hurty skin" (Kinda like someone scrubbed it a bit hard ) And my lungs feel tight and my eyes are a bit sore and I feel a but queezy too. ...)

I get a similar reaction to work

Seriously a real bummer TL

Does it mean you have to wear long sleeved turning gear etc?

Please except my sincere comisserations TL,
I couldn't think of anything worse than being allergic to wood.

Did you wear some protective clothing? Like a dust mask and clothes that prevent the dust to touch yor skin. It seems a bit unfair...but I do wear it. Just in case. Here In S.A. we have a wood called Tomboti. It is a very beautiful wood.....but very harmful.

Originally Posted by tea lady

And my lungs feel tight and my eyes are a bit sore and I feel a but queezy too.

Well you should be able to buy a preparation from a chemist for the "but queezy". The other symptoms should be treatable with antihistamines as others have said. Tough luck.

BTW, Mrs. Wood calls medullary rays "stretch marks" (and vice versa).

Originally Posted by Woodwould

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BTW, Mrs. Wood calls medullary rays "stretch marks" (and vice versa).

very good, LOL

Hard news TL. At Sturt, they had to ban SO one year, because one bloke had exactly the same symptoms as you.

My son helped me to move a load of the Silky Oak, plus English Oak, Pear and Holly, and he came up in a severe rash and swelling that started on his arms and then spread to his abdomen and legs, along with a thumping headache. Ended up in emergency when his breathing became a bit tight. Not sure which wood/s did it, but won't be asking him to help me with that again.

Turned some of the green Silky Oak this week and that got my sinuses going, even though I was wearing my usual protective outfit, but no rash.

Also have some green Blackwood which I'm about to start turning and expect a reaction to that.

Red cedar is also a problem wood for me.

For some people the sap in green wood can be more problematic than the seasoned wood.


Sheoak and Buloke both have very nice medullary rays and may cause less problems for you, TL.

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