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What the heck happened???!?!

11 years ago

I'm curious if this has ever happened to any of you guys before. I've been eating peppers since I was in my teens, and this is the first time anything this crazy has ever happened... I'm kinda scared to eat any peppers now.

This weekend I fried up some Pimiento de Padrons. They say every 20th one is extremely hot. Well first one I ate was hot (not extremely, maybe jalapeno heat, maybe cayenne). No biggie, but about 30 seconds later I had 3 of the most aggressive hiccups I've ever had. Shortly after that I thought, "dang (not word I thought) I'm going to throw up." So, now I'm not nauseous but I feel like I'm going to throw up, plus, I am having a hard time breathing. I go to the bathroom, feel like I have to cough but know if I do I really will throw up, still can't breathe well, still feel that throwing up is imminent. Finally I took a deep breath. hmmm, felt a bit better, took 3 more, then I felt I could safely cough and did. After that I was ok. WTF!

Has anyone ever had anything like that happen to you? I've gotten hiccups, but mild never this loud whole body hiccup. When I came out of the bathroom my husband was still laughing and asked if I was sure I really liked eating peppers. (I did finish off the remaining 6 padrons - haha, figured I was safe for the time being).

Pam

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mbellot
11 years ago
High heat gives me the hiccups, but not the rest.

I have seen some of the videos of people eating super hots that had reactions similar to yours...
DMForcier
11 years ago
You are being controlled by a parasitic alien. It is having a reaction to the peppers.

Now is your chance to be free! Don't become one of the pod people! Eat more pods !

oh wait...
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Calcat36
11 years ago
I always get the hiccups when I eat anything hotter than a habanero! Not throw up sensations, but annoying hiccups which go away.

I hope that tolerance will make them go away. Good luck!
highalttransplant
11 years ago
Funny, I had something similar happen to me this morning ... right before I read your post.

The pepper was an Hawaiian Sweet Hot, so it wasn't anything super hot, but on the very first bite, I instantly had the hiccups. I've never had a pepper do that to me before. The last bite had a lot of placenta on it, and got me towards the back of the throat, and eventually I felt the burn in my chest and stomach. I wouldn't say I had trouble breathing, but the burn in the chest area had me a bit anxious for a moment. For a second, I wondered if I was going to through up, but I think it was more from the hiccups than anything.

I've never eaten anything hotter than a habanero, so this experience has me even more afraid to try a super hot than I was before!
kuvaszlvr
Original Author
11 years ago
Yep, ain't no way I'll go to a super hot, especially after this. I sometimes get the hiccups from eating my home made tabasco sauce but they are minor. I don't like the flavor of the habs, but I do eat hot Portugals and they have the same heat level as the habs, they sometimes give me mild hiccups. But, like I said, I have never experienced anything like this before.

Something I just thought, I have never eaten them fried in olive oil. Maybe that had something to do with the crazy reaction. I was just hoping someone could explain to me why I had such a violent reaction.

Parasitic alien.... hmmm.. I have been feeling a bit funny lately.

Pam
woohooman San Diego CA zone 10a
11 years ago
Hell! I still get hiccups from Jalapenos. I just hold my breath as long as I can and they go away.

That being said, when I ate that naga cross the other night(or whatever it is I'm growing), I was stuck between a rock and a hard place --- drink more milk or deal with the intense heat. I had to deal with the heat, BECAUSE I definitely needed MORE milk. LOL

Hope you're feeling better Pam. If you are, try it again. Same pepper prepared the same way. Maybe you're right - it's just a reaction to the way you prepared them.

Kevin

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