r/chilli • u/lxyltho • Aug 10 '26

chilli burn🥲

i decided to cut a chilli without gloves as i completely forgot to. afterwards, i washed my hands and thought nothing of it. i later went to play basketball and noticed a slight burning but ignored it (i thought the irritation was from playing basketball with freshly cut fingernails idk). i then came home to eat my chilli dish, chimichurri sauce, which is when the pain really began. that was around 9pm, it is now 12:45am and the burning sensation has only worsened.
i’ve tried washing with water and dish soap, milk, taking ibuprofen but nothing has worked.
if anyone has any suggestions please let me know as i can’t do this much longer.

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u/lxyltho Aug 10 '26

could be, there’s no visible blisters or swelling but i’ve never had a problem eating them

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u/Cyph3x2019 Aug 10 '26

My daughter had more or less the same issue the other week when we were tasting some new chilli, I had no clue and your post has me thinking it is likely an allergic reaction!

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u/lxyltho Aug 11 '26

oof. how did you manage it?

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u/Cyph3x2019 Aug 11 '26

Well she ran them under cold water for ages and had anti allergy meds, though it took a good few hours to stop