_tinker_boston.com: Family believes Worcester teen died from ‘complications’ after participating in viral ‘One Chip Challenge’
SadSadSatelliteZero chance the chip killed him.
Spicy foods don’t actually burn you, they just ‘taste’ like burning. That’s why holding a pepper doesn’t hurt your hand.
Spiciness hurts in two places, your mouth and ass. Both of which have taste buds that the molecule interacts with. It’s not corrosive.
Even the clickbaity description in the article of the dangers of capsaicin state that the potential esophageal damage is from vomiting, not the chemical.
Barring any allergies or heart problems, the chip didn’t do it.
Can’t say the chip did or did not lead to his untimely death for certain, but it seems irresponsible to say the chip is completely harmless. Beyond ouchies in your throat and ass capsaicin can fuck with your brain as well.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7136587/
“While localized symptoms such as mouth burning, mouth numbness, and even vomiting are the main risks of eating these peppers, recent case reports have revealed more serious complications of these potent foods. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS), myocardial infarction, and esophageal rupture have all been reported.”
Fear the reaper: reversible cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome after hot pepper ingestion
The Carolina Reaper pepper is one of the spiciest edible peppers in the world. While localized symptoms such as mouth burning, mouth numbness, and even vomiting are the main risks of eating these peppers, recent case reports have revealed more serious ...
That article is an untested hypothesis. A football player with hypertension suddenly got symptoms of an issue most common with head trauma, physical exertion, and hypertension, three days after he ate a hot chip. That aside, the only other case study cited was effectively a question to whether it’s possible.
The article cited about the esophageal tear straight up states the hot peppers are not known to cause harm. The patient already had the tear, the spicy food just made him aware of it.