Allergic to water hyacinth?

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Hi, I was playing in the pond Thursday morning and then I went on to finnish building my new deck in the back yard. I moved my water plants that I have grouped together and fishing wired them so they stay in one place.

Friday morning, I woke up in the middle of the night with my right hand itching like crazy. In the morning i noticed a bunch of little white bumps on my fingers and they were all swelled up. At first I thought I got bit by a spider or somthing, then I thought poison ivy.

Last night I noticed that my fishing wire contraption let go from where I had it bound to so I moved it and fixed it. This morning I have the same rash on my face next to my mouth.???????

I tried to google and it looks like some people are allergic to the land hyacinth that you plant but I cant find much about the water version. I figured you smart people here would a good place to ask!

P.S. I have 5 water hyacinth, 3 blue iris??, and 5 heads of hornwart in the water. Everything is in the actual pond except the hornwart, its in the top of the filter.

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Are you sure you didn't touch any poison ivy or oak? It is common to spread it to your face by normal touching with an infected hand.
 
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I looked in the area I was building the deck in today and I dont see anything out there. I havnt played with weeds since last Sunday. I even looked where my dog tie out is and I dont see any poison ivy however I am very allergic to it. I used to get it alot as a kid. Its all just wierd unless I got it from someone else.
 

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