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originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
a reply to: KansasGirl
Love you too, stay healthy and don't repeat my mistake.
I am not a man though. Not often correcting it but for you I do it.
hugs*
Treatment after exposure
The primary treatment is removal from exposure. Contaminated clothing should be removed and placed in airtight bags to prevent secondary exposure.
For external exposure, bathing the mucous membrane surfaces that have contacted capsaicin with oily compounds such as vegetable oil, paraffin oil, petroleum jelly (Vaseline), creams, or polyethylene glycol is the most effective way to attenuate the associated discomfort; since oil and capsaicin are both hydrophobic hydrocarbons, the capsaicin that has not already been absorbed into tissues will be picked up into solution and easily removed. Capsaicin can also be washed off the skin using soap, shampoo, or other detergents. Plain water is ineffective at removing capsaicin.[28] Capsaicin is soluble in alcohol, which can be used to clean contaminated items.[28]
When capsaicin is ingested, cold milk is an effective way to relieve the burning sensation (due to caseins having a detergent effect on capsaicin[32]), and room-temperature sugar solution (10%) at 20 °C (68 °F) is almost as effective.[33] The burning sensation will slowly fade away over several hours if no actions are taken.
Capsaicin-induced asthma might be treated with oral antihistamines or corticosteroids.[31]
originally posted by: KansasGirl
originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
a reply to: KansasGirl
Love you too, stay healthy and don't repeat my mistake.
I am not a man though. Not often correcting it but for you I do it.
hugs*
Thanks for the correction! In this case I was using “man” as a general term- but I appreciate the info! Definitely don’t want to misgender anyone. 😜 Big hugs!
originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
Look what wikipedia says about removal. I didn't even look, did not expect that there would be a section about helping against irritation after skin contact.
Treatment after exposure
The primary treatment is removal from exposure. Contaminated clothing should be removed and placed in airtight bags to prevent secondary exposure.
For external exposure, bathing the mucous membrane surfaces that have contacted capsaicin with oily compounds such as vegetable oil, paraffin oil, petroleum jelly (Vaseline), creams, or polyethylene glycol is the most effective way to attenuate the associated discomfort; since oil and capsaicin are both hydrophobic hydrocarbons, the capsaicin that has not already been absorbed into tissues will be picked up into solution and easily removed. Capsaicin can also be washed off the skin using soap, shampoo, or other detergents. Plain water is ineffective at removing capsaicin.[28] Capsaicin is soluble in alcohol, which can be used to clean contaminated items.[28]
When capsaicin is ingested, cold milk is an effective way to relieve the burning sensation (due to caseins having a detergent effect on capsaicin[32]), and room-temperature sugar solution (10%) at 20 °C (68 °F) is almost as effective.[33] The burning sensation will slowly fade away over several hours if no actions are taken.
Capsaicin-induced asthma might be treated with oral antihistamines or corticosteroids.[31]
This covers a lot of what has been handled here.
originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain
I'm in cold sweat now, don't ever crumble a chilli with your hands
originally posted by: ThatDamnDuckAgain
I accidently touched my face after recklessly crumbling a dried chilli pepper over my pizza.
Yeah serves me well. Now please can someone tell me a remedy because I tried washing my face and it's just getting worser by the seconds.
The pizza is not of my concern now, I currently sit here with a towel to keep sweat getting into my eye region.
It's been ten minutes of duckduckgo and nothing worked. My pores feel like there's coming lava out.