I just made the mistake of cutting up raw chillies then rubbing my eyes. The pain is getting quite bad. What can i do?
I also need to go for a pee but im not sure if I dare
2007-01-05 07:48:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Argh! It sure does hurt, please don't touch you're winky, you KNOW how bad your eyes are!
2007-01-05 07:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Flossie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
STAY OUT OF THE BATHROOM! Your fear is well-founded. Touching your own bits (or anyone else's, for that matter) will simply put the fire down there as well as in your eyes. If you must go, follow these steps to avoid serious discomfort:
First, get some household bleach and water, then rinse your hands well in it. The bleach will loosen the capsaicin (that's the active ingredient in chiles) and wash most of it off your hands.
Unfortunately, the only thing you can do for your eyes is let them stop hurting. It will take six minutes, or a little longer, for the capsaicin to be metabolized. And unfortunately you can't neutralize it -- once it hurts, it has already flooded the nerve endings with the ions that cause the pain. And it takes at least six minutes for your body to dissolve those ions and make the pain stop.
You can take some comfort in this knowledge: Capsaicin is utterly harmless. That is, it doesn't do any damage -- it just excites the nerve endings that sense heat.
2007-01-05 08:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Scott F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah, I've done that more times than I want to admit. I have a strange solution, maybe it only works for me. Turn the faucet on high with cold water. Put your head sort of in the sink with your eyes facing the stream. (You have to crane your neck a little so your eyes are parallel to the stream). Open your eyes really wide and hold it there for 20 seconds or so.
I always swear it's something about the mist of the stream flushing the acid out. Works well for onion eyes too.
2007-01-05 07:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't touch anything else sensitive witout washing with copious amounts of soap and water. For your eyes, if you have any contact lens solution, the ordinary salty kind, use some of that to rinse your eyes with, it should help.
2007-01-05 07:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by Tink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't listen to some of the advice here - use tepid water or better still milk to soothe it. If still very sore tomorrow see pharmacist or GP.
Wash your hands in oil (veg, olive, or whatever) then in soap and water before you use the loo.
Wear plastic gloves next time.
2007-01-05 09:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by Pete W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rinse out your eyes asap with water amd wash hands very well with plenty of soap and water if still hurting go to a+e or telephone nhs direct
2007-01-05 20:24:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash your hands THOROUGHLY. Run water (or saline solution) through your eyes until they stop hurting.
2007-01-05 07:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Zyrilia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋