Certain peppers - those with capsaicin - are often
referred to as 'hots', and the brave fellows who
consume them do break out in sweath. How is this
possible? The story below:
As I can make out, pain and temperature take the same
nerve route from sensory cell to brain. The capsaicin molecule
that is released on the tongue causes a confused message
of both sensations.
(A fibers are heavily myelinated; B fibers moderately so; C fibers
not at all.)
source: Wikipedia
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