Published: April 12, 2018
Doctors in New York recently reported the case of a 34-year-old man
who wound up in the hospital with severe headaches and neck pain after
trying to eat a Carolina Reaper during a hot pepper eating competition.
The unnamed man reportedly started dry heaving immediately after sampling a Carolina Reaper pepper. It’s unclear whether he stopped after a few bites or finished the whole thing, but what we do know is that over the following days, he began experiencing intense headaches and neck pains that lasted only a few seconds. At one point, the pain became so hard to bare that he had to be taken to the emergency room.
Upon hearing about his symptoms, doctors at Bassett Medical Center, in New York, started testing for various neurological conditions, but all results came back negative. However, one cerebral CT scan revealed that several arteries in the man’s brain had constricted and he was diagnosed with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). This temporary narrowing of the arteries is usually accompanied by thunderclap headaches, and can be caused by certain prescription medication and illegal drugs.
The unnamed man reportedly started dry heaving immediately after sampling a Carolina Reaper pepper. It’s unclear whether he stopped after a few bites or finished the whole thing, but what we do know is that over the following days, he began experiencing intense headaches and neck pains that lasted only a few seconds. At one point, the pain became so hard to bare that he had to be taken to the emergency room.
Upon hearing about his symptoms, doctors at Bassett Medical Center, in New York, started testing for various neurological conditions, but all results came back negative. However, one cerebral CT scan revealed that several arteries in the man’s brain had constricted and he was diagnosed with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). This temporary narrowing of the arteries is usually accompanied by thunderclap headaches, and can be caused by certain prescription medication and illegal drugs.
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