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:
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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.
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.
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.
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).
The bleeding is plausible, although not as a chemical effect from the peppers. Vomiting with extreme intensity can tear the esophagus. 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:
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.)
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.)
