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Posted: 6/30/2015 9:40:12 PM EDT
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My wife burned her hands chopping jalapenos and can't get them to stop burning. Tried washing them in milk. Tried gently washing them with soap and water. Is currently (against my advice) soaking them in a bowl of cold water. Washed with hibicleanse and running water. I told her to get a couple slices of white bread and squeeze them/pad them over her hands and repeat. She won't do it. Is there anything else to do to help her get the burning to stop? PS No pics, she's mean and has chemical hands and might give me chemical junk if I took her picture. |
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IIRC,you pee on her hands and that makes them feel better.
ETA- 2 seconds. How funny is that? |
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She just made this face at me when I read the suggestions: Then she made this face too: Followed by these
Her face changed color and everything just like those smilies. ETA This was in regards to the golden shower gloves. |
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Shes soaking in a bowl of milk again. Last time I think she just rinsed her hands with it.
Chokey's link looks like the beginnings of a fine salsa recipe...maybe if I had her soak in all that stuff I could scrape it off with some tortilla chips while I watch TV....wonder if she'll go for that? |
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Try a good grease removing dish soap. It will do a better job of getting the oils off the skin. I use dawn after I cut habaneros.
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Quoted: Mrs. Soylent just said "Yyyeah" when I read this one to her. Do you guys think now would be a bad time to ask for an aloe handy? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Nitrile gloves next time! Mrs. Soylent just said "Yyyeah" when I read this one to her. Do you guys think now would be a bad time to ask for an aloe handy? You're braver and stupider than I, good sir. You might as well just go bang the tub of Icy Hot. Similar effect. |
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She's got capsicum oil on her hands and you're going to ask for a handy? You're braver and stupider than I, good sir. You might as well just go bang the tub of Icy Hot. Similar effect. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Nitrile gloves next time! Mrs. Soylent just said "Yyyeah" when I read this one to her. Do you guys think now would be a bad time to ask for an aloe handy? You're braver and stupider than I, good sir. You might as well just go bang the tub of Icy Hot. Similar effect. I was thinking that the aloe and the capsacin together should work like a snickers and a diet coke. That is, they cancel each other out and leave a net zero. She laughed when I read your post to her...it sounded a little like "Muhahahah" but she didn't rub her hands together in a scheming manner. |
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Quoted: I was thinking that the aloe and the capsacin together should work like a snickers and a diet coke. That is, they cancel each other out and leave a net zero. She laughed when I read your post to her...it sounded a little like "Muhahahah" but she didn't rub her hands together in a scheming manner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Nitrile gloves next time! Mrs. Soylent just said "Yyyeah" when I read this one to her. Do you guys think now would be a bad time to ask for an aloe handy? You're braver and stupider than I, good sir. You might as well just go bang the tub of Icy Hot. Similar effect. I was thinking that the aloe and the capsacin together should work like a snickers and a diet coke. That is, they cancel each other out and leave a net zero. She laughed when I read your post to her...it sounded a little like "Muhahahah" but she didn't rub her hands together in a scheming manner. I screamed like a little bitch. I would rather have another Kidney stone than do that again. |
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I think the toothpaste is up next. The aloe works, but you gotta keep putting it on.
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Cool running water.
Don't put any salves or anything that will trap the stuff against the skin. |
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Turns out we do have baking soda. It was an off brand box with a tan sort of color and I was looking for the arm and hammer yellow box. She is currently encased to the wrists in a baking soda poultice to dry and draw off the oils.
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Let her give you a hand job.
It won't help her but you can join her in misery and that will make her feel better..... |
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Try Dawn dish soap, they use it on animals in oil spill situations. The surfactant may cut the oils and help it rinse away, thats why we tell everyone to use no tears baby shampoo when they are exposed for work. With that you can soap yourself down in the shower and get it out of your eyes and hair without any further irritation. But she may just have a chemical burn now and cortisone or burn salve may be more appropriate.
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Thought that stuff was alcohol soluble. Try some cheap hooch? Made salsa and took a leak years ago, learned quick to always wear gloves.
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Before I claim we don't have any Dawn detergent, I will go look this time. It's amazing the amount of shit we have squirelled away in the cupboards around here.
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From Wiki:
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;[citation needed] 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,[38] as are bleach, sodium metabisulfite and topical antacid suspensions.[citation needed] Capsaicin is soluble in alcohol, which can be used to clean contaminated items.[38] When capsaicin is ingested, cold milk is an effective way to relieve the burning sensation (due to caseins having a detergent effect on capsaicin[42]); and room-temperature sugar solution (10%) at 20 °C (68 °F) is almost as effective.[43] The burning sensation will slowly fade away over several hours if no actions are taken. Burning and pain symptoms can also be relieved by cooling, such as from ice, cold water, cold bottles, cold surfaces, or a flow of air from wind or a fan.[citation needed] In severe cases, eye burn might be treated symptomatically with topical ophthalmic anesthetics, and mucous membrane burn with lidocaine gel. The gel from the aloe plant has also been shown to be very effective.[citation needed] Capsaicin-induced asthma might be treated with nebulized bronchodilators[citation needed] or oral antihistamines or corticosteroids.[40] I've heard that Pear juice contains a natural enzyme that breaks down capsaicin, but that might be an urban legend. |
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Nope, no Dawn.
We do have a tube of hydrocortisone and some cortisone. Which one would be the better bet? PS The first thing she tried was liquid dish soap. We are also thinking at this point that it's a burn so the cortisone 10 is going on now. PPS She did not like the cortisone results and is going back to baking soda. |
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Let her give you a hand job.It won't help her but you can join her in misery and that will make her feel better..... Oh, You have got to read this one to her ! ! ! Don't forget to duck. I did...she is approaching my AO. I may have to run as all my bluff and bravado earlier may be called. |
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5-1 water/bleach, or Tecnu which is made for poison ivy/oak.
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50/50 mix water and bleach.
It was the only thing that helped me after I did something similar. I tried milk, oils, soap/water and nothing completely stopped the burning until I tried the bleach. Got the idea from a guy who worked in a plant with capsaicin. |
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It's been long enough that I don't think we are going to be removing anything else. Now she's just going to have to deal with a mild chemical burn for a little while.
Thanks for the suggestions, you guys are pretty awesome |
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Since the oil (capsaicin) is what is burning, have her wash her hands with dawn dish soap. It will cut the oil & wash away. We is it when the cops pepper spray people. It's the only way. Then take some Tylenol, a Margarita & call it a night.
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Well this ones a long shot since none of my other ideas panned out. SIIHPAPP, she'll forget all about her hand discomfort as she beats you to death or is your camera broken?
P.S. Maybe mention disposable gloves before using the facilities, cross contamination and all that on her sensitive bits. |
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Just dump some peroxide on there. It will bubble anything out....
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Try tecnu soap, it's made for poison ivy but the ingredients might remove pepper heat
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Olive oil or cooking oil. Wipe her hands with it and wipe off, then clean off with dish soap. Repeat as needed.
The reason is this: Hot sauce and such have an oily vehicle that transports the hot pepper to your tongue, eyes, hands, whatever. When she washed her hands, she washed off the oily stuff, leaving the active, hot peppery stuff on her hands. Putting oil on her hands will move the peppery powder off her hands, then she needs to clean the oil off her hands. Some peppery hot stuff may remain behind so she'll have to clean it off with repeated applications. |
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Wait until she goes to sleep and then pee on her. She will thank you later. |
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Viniger and backing soda mixed and bubbly
Then aloe very gel. |
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have you suggested that giving a BJ might make her hands feel better?
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Quoted: We are out right now. The daughter blew chunks all over her carpet the other day and we haven't replaced the baking soda yet. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Baking soda works well We are out right now. The daughter blew chunks all over her carpet the other day and we haven't replaced the baking soda yet. |
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Chlorine solution
Take some clorox bleach and pour it into a bigger amount of water. Rinse her hands in the chlorine solution. The chlorine will form hydrochloric salts with the capsicum oils and make them water soluble Then wash her hands in warm soapy water. Then rinse in clean water |
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Quoted: There's a joke with that punchline, I just snorted and almost woke up the kids when I read it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Baking soda works well We are out right now. The daughter blew chunks all over her carpet the other day and we haven't replaced the baking soda yet. I was thinking that too.. but I already got a warning about bringing family into discussions. |
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