Re: [CH] Discomfort vs Anguish

Scott Kramer (p019233b@pb.seflin.org)
Wed, 23 Dec 1998 09:40:43 -0500 (EST)

The answer is no.


Dr. Scott Kramer
p019233b@pb.seflin.org


On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Greg Jensen wrote:

> Fellow CHs,
> I was just sitting here pondering a question that I felt would be an
> interesting one for the list. Some office mates and myself just finished
> eating the first Jalapeno to arrive from our "office garden"  and one of my
> office mates experienced a great deal of discomfort after the experience. It
> got me wondering if people can actually experience severe medical problems
> (shock, etc.) from eating a pepper that was "too hot" if you will. I know
> some elementary school kids down in Castle Rock CO got sick after consuming
> some of Dave's Insanity but after hearing that the sickest girl allegedly
> consumed 2 cap-fulls of it, an awful lot of adults would get sick off of
> that amount. Just curious.
> 
> GJ
>