After cutting chili peppers hand touched the eye need to immediately use water to rinse the eye, and then cold compresses to ease the pain, if there is corneal damage, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication.
Because capsaicin in chili peppers is a very irritating substance, so after cutting chili peppers hands touching the eyes, it is easy to bring capsaicin into the eyelids, irritating the cornea and conjunctiva, resulting in pain, burning sensation. Patients need to immediately flush the eyes with water to rinse out the irritating substances. Patients can also apply localized cold compresses on the eyes to relieve the pain in the eyes.
If too much capsaicin into the eyes, the stimulation is too strong, may lead to part of the corneal epithelium damage, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to use recombinant bovine alkaline cell growth factor and other drugs, to promote corneal epithelium repair, but also levofloxacin eye drops and other medications to prevent infection.
It is recommended that patients with ocular discomfort consult a doctor to assess their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.