男子挑戰卡羅萊納死神辣椒 卻發病患上霹靂性頭痛
A man who ate the world's hottest chilli pepper in a chilli-eating contest ended up in hospital after experiencing "thunderclap" headaches.
日前，一名男子在吃辣椒比賽中吃了世界上最辣的辣椒後，經歷了“雷劈般”的頭痛，最終進入了醫院。The 34-year-old man had eaten one Carolina Reaper chilli in the contest in New York State.
這名34歲的男子在紐約州的比賽中吃了一顆卡羅萊納死神辣椒。The "crushingly painful" headaches came on in the next few days.
在接下來的幾天裏，他出現了“極度痛苦”的頭痛。
His experience has been published in the BMJ Case Reports as it is the first case to be associated with eating chilli peppers.
他的經歷已經發表到了《BMJ病例報告》上，因爲這是第一個與吃辣椒有關的病例。The doctor who reviewed his case has warned anyone eating hot chilli peppers to seek medical attention immediately if they experience sudden onset headaches.
審查病例的醫生警告稱，任何人吃了辣椒，如果有突然發作的頭痛，應立即就醫。
"Thunderclap" headaches are caused by the sudden tightening of the vessels that supply blood to the brain, a condition known as reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCSV).
“雷劈性”頭痛是由於向大腦供應血液的血管突然收緊引起的，這種情況稱爲可逆性腦血管收縮綜合徵（RCSV）。Immediately after eating at the contest, the man experienced dry heaves. Severe neck pain developed over the next few days along with debilitating severe headaches, lasting just a few seconds at a time.
在比賽後，該男子立即出現了乾嘔。在接下來的幾天內，他又出現了嚴重的頸部疼痛以及頭痛的症狀，但每次只持續幾秒鐘。The pain was so bad he went to the emergency room and was tested for various neurological conditions, but the results were negative.
疼痛嚴重得以至於他去了急診室接受了各種神經疾病的檢查，但結果呈陰性。A CT scan showed that several arteries in his brain had constricted, leading doctors to diagnose him with RCVS.
CT掃描顯示他的大腦中有幾條動脈收縮，導致醫生診斷他得了RCVS。The man's symptoms cleared up by themselves. And a CT scan five weeks later showed that his arteries had returned to their normal size.
該男子的症狀現在已經自行消除。5周後的CT掃描顯示他的動脈已恢復正常大小。
