The Carolina Reaper, the world's hottest chili pepper, can produce painful thunderclap headaches by narrowing the brain arteries when eaten, according to BMJ Case Reports.
The notorious Carolina Reaper chili pepper was linked to one case cited by the medical journal of causing reversible cerebral vaso-constriction syndrome, or RCVS, a temporary artery narrowing in the brain often accompanied by thunderclap headaches, BMJ Case Reports said.
The report detailed the case of an unidentified 34-year-old man suffering from thunderclap headaches who was admitted to a hospital after taking part in a hot pepper eating contest, even though he had no significant medical history.
His symptoms started with dry heaves and developed intense neck and occipital head pain that became holocephalic, the report said.
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I wish the Grim Reaper would take a few women out of DC.
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