Re: [CH] chiles and kidney problems
Tom F. Bryant (tfbxgp@neto.com)
Sat, 14 Nov 1998 07:05:13 -0600
Rain, I'm a diabetic M.D., and a somewhat wussy C-H. My first inclination to
say "naw". But on thinking about it, seems like there ought to be a C-H,
M.D. Nephrologist on our list. We just hafta find one, for a free consult.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Rain <rain@wwbbs.otherside.com>
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Friday, November 13, 1998 5:13 PM
Subject: [CH] chiles and kidney problems
>I just had lunch with a chilehead friend at a good little Vietnamese
>place, and noticed he was pretty much staying away from the heat
>except for a little sriracha on some excellent crab rangoon (that's a
>heavenly combo, by the way). This surprised me, so I asked what was
>up. He is having to avoid much in the way of hot stuff now, he says;
>he's diabetic and has been through nephritis three times, but even when
>he's well, he says he now gets a very unpleasant burning sensation deep
>in his back, right at kidney level, when he eats much hot stuff.
>x
>Anybody know if this is in fact likely to be kidney pain, or ever heard
>of someone (diabetes/hx. of nephritis or not) getting kidney pain
>from chiles? We aren't talking eating Savinas like candy here; he likes
>to mix up a fairly hot sauce out of a combo of Dave's and something
>milder but tastier, and use it fairly generously, but he's never been
>really over-the-top in his chileheadedness.
>x
>Anyway, I told him I'd ask. (He may be subscribing here soon, too.)
>x
>Keep on rockin',
>Rain
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