RE: [CH] chile heat article

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Carp,

> I made it to the Emergency Room drooling mouth-skin all over the
> place and
> spitting and I couldn't talk and the danged nurses and doctors weren't
> nearly so panicked about it all as I was and when they finally understood
> what happened they started LAUGHING and telling me the Lemon Home Remedy
> was the funniest story to come into the E-Room in a long time.

That lemon trick sounds pretty clever for impromptu first aid!  Doesn't
sound like you agree, tho'.  No tellin' taste!  ;-)

>
> Even now *I* don't see the humor in it.

Maybe you should do some work on it.

> >Can cap make a blister?
> >

Large amounts of capsaicin, iirc, can actually kill heat receptor cells by
opening calcium gates in the pain receptors and flooding the cells with
calcium ions.  That may be one of the mechanisms for long term pain
management, the killing of pain receptors, although increased tolerance is
probably the main mechanism.  In light of that the idea of pure or nearly
pure capsaicin causing blisters makes sense--the cells get flooded with Ca
ions, die, and the immune  system (complement cascade, I tink) kicks in
causing blisters.  I've definitely seen warnings/comments about it, but
never experienced it myself.

Of course this isn't an authoritative answer, but I like see if I can type,
sometimes.

Riley

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