found something quick

[pottywoman]

I was trying all the sore throat remedies you all told me about when Friday night I had salso. Real hot salso and about 3 hours after that my sore throat was half gone. Today it is even better yet. Can swallow without a lot of pain. Hot peppers must do the trick.

[quiltz]

Hi PottyW.

It's the capsaicin in the peppers probably. It seems to short circuit the nerve cells somehow.

I guess that's how to explain why pepper lovers can eat increasing levels of hot ..... or at least I used to be able to .... No peppers for me now, but maybe some day!

Liz

[ISONormal]

Yeah, I just read about capsaicin recently. How interesting, PW. How did your bladder react?

[Mel53H]

I heard once that peppers are good for people with asthma. It opens up their airways. I have asthma, but I also have GERD and IC, so the peppers would not be good.

[pottywoman]

Weird part is salsa does not bother the bladder but water does. I forgot about the capsaisin in them. Maybe I need to eat salsa everyday like I use to. I use to eat that everyday. Maybe I need to get back to it.

[ICNDonna]

I'm glad your throat is better, but I would caution you about eating salsa every day. The tomato in it could cause a pretty bad flare. Sometimes I can get away with eating a trigger food once, but if I get daring and have more than one, or if I eat the same trigger several times, it's flare city.

Donna