[CH] Re: Jalaproctitus
Dave Anderson (Chilehead@tough-love.com)
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:08:02 -0700
I'm pretty sure that "JP" was described in the New England Journal
of Medicine and reported in Chile Pepper Magarag or one of Dave
DeWitt's books. If forced to, I'll try to find the reference:-)
> I believe "jalaproctitis" [sic] is a coined term, not found in the
> dictionary, medical or otherwise. But it is in the vocabulary of
> chile-heads.
>
> Another reaction is gustatory rhinitis. It's a runny nose from the
> digestive irritation. In addition to the initial reaction, it too may be
> felt a day or so later, depending on the speed of your digestive tract.
> You may not feel the burning until it actually gets out but on hte way
> you'll have the sniffles.
>
> << Jim >>
>
> danceswithcarp wrote:
>
> > > --- "Scott W. Schreiber" <scottws@stratos.net> wrote:
> > > Let's just say it burns twice.
> > >
> > > Any way to avoid this??
> >
> > Remove the seeds. Although they only have about 4-5% of the heat in a
> > chile pepper whole seeds are not digestible in any real sense of the
> > wird, so therefore they, um, pass. And since those little suckers are
> > hard and by the time you've finished masticating them you've given them
> > a few sharp, broken edges, well, they are *scratching* the skin as they
> > pass by; which is sort of like INJECTING the capsacian subcutaneously in
> > a place that has a lot of nerve endings.
> >
> > Also, for some reason, peppers in olive oil or vegetable oil seem to
> > have this residual effect.
> >
> > After a while though, you kind of develop a higher threshhold for all of
> > this. I can remember when I first discovered massive doses jalapenos
> > could be had with beer at a real mexican food place. Some mornings
> > after being there half the night, I couldn't tell if my butt was
> > sweating or crying.
> >
> > The medical term is "jaloproctitis."
> >
> > No lie.
> >
> > carp
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Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.Tough-Love.com
Chilehead@Tough-Love.com