The doctors who evaluate him wondered what could cause horrible pain in the head. After exclusion of life-threatening bleeding and rupture of the arteries in the neck, they were left with more bizarre explanation: the chili pepper.
People took part in the eating contest pepper early in the day, during which he ate “Carolina Reaper”, one of the hottest varieties of peppers on Earth.
After scanning the head, doctors found that the arteries of the brain decreased. They diagnosed “the syndrome of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction,” a rare side effect associated with certain drugs.
Fortunately, the patient improved. The second scan five weeks after that, as shown by the artery of his brain came back to normal.
However, the condition is not always harmless, he was previously associated with stroke. The symptoms a person enters serious “thunderclap headache,” nausea and pain in the neck, but a thunderclap headache can also occur by itself.
Therefore, people should avoid spicy food?
“We would not advise to eat a hot pepper at this time, but we would recommend the public to be careful about these side effects. Consult your doctor if [you] develop a sudden headache after eating the pepper,” Dr. Kulothungan Gunasekaran hospital Henry Ford in Detroit, who was behind the report, told ABC news.
Since vasoconstriction syndrome cerebral previously occurred without an identifiable cause, doctors can not be sure that eating peppers were to blame. But they think it’s possible that it caused the symptoms of the person in this case.
Although it may be seasoned the day, they are unlikely to see. In a report published in bmj case reports is the first that connects hot pepper reversible vasoconstriction syndrome of the brain.
Gunasekaran was unable to comment on how this total effect can be.
“Unfortunately, we have no data, as there is no randomized control in this field,” he said.
There were other reports about the possible harmful effects of spices. In 2012, doctors in Turkey said that the patient has suffered a heart attack after taking excessive amounts of Cayenne pepper pills for weight loss. Another study showed that capsaicin — the active ingredient in pepper … may increase heart rate and blood pressure.
These findings led doctors to suggest that capsaicin could be “vasoactive” it affects the function of blood vessels. It can be like pepper can cause headache of this man, the result of narrowing of the blood vessels in your head.
Conversely, some patients are prescribed capsaicin for pain associated with diseases such as arthritis, diabetic neuropathy and muscle pain.
A study published in the journal of clinical pharmacy and therapy, even found that it was effective in the treatment of headache, although this may not work for the person on the eating contest pepper.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
