Generally speaking, the hot and spicy phenomenon in the hands after cutting chili peppers usually lasts for a few hours to 2 days, but the specific situation varies from person to person.
For the people who cut chili peppers after hand hot symptoms, may be due to chili pepper capsaicin irritation of the skin caused by the symptoms, but also may be capsaicin penetration into the skin, stimulating the hand tissues to produce inflammatory factors, which in turn caused an inflammatory reaction.
For those who do not experience inflammation, the symptoms will disappear in a few hours, or they may not even experience symptoms at all. For people who have an inflammatory reaction caused by capsaicin stimulation, it may take about 2 days or even longer for the symptoms to go away.
For people with this kind of situation, first of all, use water to rinse the hands clean, to avoid the residue of chili water on the hands to produce persistent irritation, for serious symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, early treatment.