# Hot sauce ---\> ER visit: what could they do for him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740 "2018-06-25T20:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/21 "2018-06-27T21:33:08Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I want to say I’ve felt a burning sensation in the _stomach_ after eating too many super-hot chillies. Has anyone experienced this? It did not bother me so much later, though, after everything got digested. Yes. After ingesting my first Trinidiad scorpion one morning on an empty stomach (hey! I was super excited that one finally ripened in my backyard and I couldn’t wait) I was fucking _out_ for about an hour and a half. Not when I ate it, mind you, but about an hour or so later. It felt like a colony of fire ants in my stomach. The pain was so bad, I had to lay on my back and I couldn’t even watch TV or surf the net to keep me distracted. Eventually, I threw up. I considered going to the ER, but made suffered through, partly lying belly down on the cold tile floor of my bathroom. My cousin had a similar experience where he ate three Trinidad scorpions on a burger and was vomiting throughout the night, went into work the next day, and had to go right back home. He was knocked on his ass and experiencing the effects over 12 hours later. Here’s some idiot who ate 100 Carolina Reapers and ended up in the ER after vomiting blood. Or at least he claims it. I spoilered it because the video starts with him vomiting blood over the toilet: [spoiler] > **[\- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCleD2w_2S8%5B%2Fspoiler%5D)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. That stomach burning sensation and general sense of unwellness is the only time that has happened to me eating a pepper. I eat ultra-hots fairly regularly, but not on an empty stomach, and not without having something else to eat. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/22 "2018-06-27T22:40:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I find that the burning sensation in the stomach makes spicy foods seem more filling than a similar volume of bland food. I find the exact opposite. I’ve always assumed that’s why tacos seem to be less filling that other foods. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/23 "2018-06-27T23:08:55Z")
> [@betterlifethroughchemistry](#): > > which brings up the last fun capsaicin fact - it’s not broken down in the digestive process and comes out as hot as it goes in… The Bellamy Brothers did a cute song called “Jalapenos”, which explains that life is \*not \*a bowl of cherries… _It’s more like a jar of jalapenos Cuz the things you do today Don’t go away and stay They’ll just come back and burn your ass tomorrow_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/24 "2018-06-28T01:33:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I find the exact opposite. I’ve always assumed that’s why tacos seem to be less filling that other foods. Huh. I find tacos quite filling, and it has little to do with the spice. Although, overall, I agree with **Chronos**. When I was dieting, I found that eating spicy food kept me feeling much more satisfied with a smaller portion size than eating non-spicy food. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/25 "2018-06-28T01:42:07Z")
I’m not sure if it would help beyond the esophagus, but my guess is that they gave him a couple doses of GI Cocktail. GI Cocktail is typically Mylanta and lidocaine. The Mylanta, I’d think, would help neutralize the heat and the lidocaine should help numb any pain receptors. They could also pump his stomach (which IIRC involves activated charcoal) to get any thing out that’s still in there. At least then there wouldn’t be more in his stomach still waiting to pass continue on. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/26 "2018-06-28T01:45:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Although, overall, I agree with Chronos. When I was dieting, I found that eating spicy food kept me feeling much more satisfied with a smaller portion size than eating non-spicy food. I wonder if you ate the spicy food more slowly? I would, but I’m not a spicy food person. But we know (or at least suspect) eating slower makes people eat less because it takes time for a person to realize their stomach is full (getting the right chemical signals). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/27 "2018-06-28T01:48:34Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I wonder if you ate the spicy food more slowly? I would, but I’m not a spicy food person. But we know (or at least suspect) eating slower makes people eat less because it takes time for a person to realize their stomach is full (getting the right chemical signals). Not really. I pretty much inhale food, spicy or not. It’s something I really have to think about to avoid eating too quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/28 "2018-06-28T02:15:40Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Here’s some idiot who ate 100 Carolina Reapers and ended up in the ER after vomiting blood. Or at least he claims it. I spoilered it because the video starts with him vomiting blood over the toilet: > > [spoiler] > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCleD2w\_2S8[/spoiler]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCleD2w_2S8%5B/spoiler%5D) The bleeding is plausible, although not as a chemical effect from the peppers. [Vomiting with extreme intensity can tear the esophagus.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallory%E2%80%93Weiss_syndrome) Happened to me several years ago: sick with the flu, and after a meal developed a violent, productive cough, which finally triggered wretching that became vomiting - which included a distressing amount of bright red blood. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/29 "2018-06-28T02:19:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I find that the burning sensation in the stomach makes spicy foods seem more filling than a similar volume of bland food. Are you sure you’re not instinctively drinking more during the spicier meals, filling up the stomach that way? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/30 "2018-06-29T15:13:18Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Are you sure you’re not instinctively drinking more during the spicier meals, filling up the stomach that way? For me, at least, no. If I eat something super spicy, I actually try to avoid drinking too much, as it just splashes the capsaicin around and makes things worse. There’s a few studies out there that suggest eating spicy foods curbs appetite, so this is not completely anecdotal. Though, for me, anecdotally, I absolutely feel more sated and for a longer time if I eat a spicy meal vs the same meal without the heat. Especially if I eat something with the ultrahots (Carolina reapers, scorpions, ghost peppers) in significant quantity in them. So much so that I may not want to eat for the rest of the day if I have it for lunch (as happened to me with an extra-hot Nashville chicken sandwich I had a few weeks ago that I could only finish 80% of, as, unbeknownst to me, it was spiked with a good amount of Carolina reaper.) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/31 "2018-06-30T03:47:54Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > To put it another way, I find them delicious, but my mind has never actually been blown 🙂 “…like the blow that’ll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/32 "2018-06-30T12:48:02Z")
Wait, who the heck serves a sandwich spiked with Carolina reaper without telling the person they’re serving it to? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740/33 "2018-06-30T13:05:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, who the heck serves a sandwich spiked with Carolina reaper without telling the person they’re serving it to? It’s not like you get an ingredient list or anything. I just asked for the “crazy” hot Nashville chicken sandwich. They asked if I was sure. I said “yes.” I only later found out it had Carolina reapers in it when, in my research, watched a TV bit where they have the four levels of sandwich they serve, and mentioned that the ultra hot one has Carolina reapers in the blend. This is not something I personally needed disclosed, as when I get super hot anything, I don’t really care what the peppers are. It doesn’t really make much of a difference, as the pepper doesn’t matter at that point as how much you use. Traditional Nashville chicken only uses cayenne, and that shit gets _hot_ when you order it extra spicy. There’s just a lot of it mixed in with the oil/lard. Or witness the fast food “ghost pepper” schtick the last few years and how not very spicy those dishes are. The only one I thought had a reasonable amount of heat to it was the Taco Bell wrap, or whatever it was. Not ultra spicy, but spicy for a fast food place.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sauce-er-visit-what-could-they-do-for-him/816740.md?page=1)