Treatment after exposure
The primary treatment is removal from exposure. Contaminated clothing should be removed and placed in airtight bags to prevent secondary exposure. Capsaicin could be washed off the skin using
soap,
shampoo, or other
detergents, or rubbed off with oily compounds such as
vegetable oil,
paraffin oil,
petroleum jelly (
Vaseline),
creams, or
polyethylene glycol. Plain water, as well as
home remedies such as
vinegar,
bleach,
sodium metabisulfite, or topical
antacid suspensions are
ineffective in removing capsaicin.
Burning and pain symptoms can be effectively relieved by cooling,
e.g., from ice, cold water, cold bottles, cold surfaces, or a flow of air from wind or a fan. In severe cases, eye burn might be treated symptomatically with topical ophthalmic
anesthetics; mucous membrane burn with
lidocaine gel. Capsaicin-induced
asthma might be treated with nebulized
bronchodilators or oral
antihistamines or
corticosteroids.
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