Can anyone explain to me why when I eat something spicy or drink alcohol my face (around my cheeks and across my nose) becomes red?
2006-11-13 00:14:24 · 15 answers · asked by scotland1 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Excellent question! Spicy foods can stimulate autonomic neurons of the branches of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve 5 (V), that controls ophthalimic, mandibular, and maxillary (face) sensation). In other words, in some people, spicy food stimulate the trigeminal nerve and it reads the stimulation as a cue to cause the face to blush.
Try reading:
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/endocrinology/flushing/flushing.htm
Hope this is helpful!
2006-11-13 00:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by IAINTELLEN 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could have a mild rosecea. It's a skin condition. Your dermatologist can prescribe a medication that will kind of deaden the muscles - you won't even notice anything. Don't be scared.
If it looks like you're blushing - that could be it. The same thing happened to me for no reason - I wasn't eating anything to flare it up. Look up Rosecea on the I'net. & read. If that's what it could be, catch it early. Spicy foods and coffee - things like that should be avoided in excess. Hope this helps.
Else, maybe some anxiety too.
2006-11-13 00:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a classic element for some people. The redness has to do with the way the physique breaks down alcohol -- some people (maximum somewhat asian populations yet no longer exclusivly) have a mixture of enzymes that are slightly distinctive or in much less quantity than standard and convert the alcohol to a substance that motives flusing extra merely. it is a classic element, by way of fact the 1st substance after alcohol is the 1st step to breaking down the alcohol, yet in persons that get purple the alcohol is switched over to this quicker and the enzyme that breaks this down works slower.
2016-12-14 06:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be to do with the artificial colours that are in the spicy food and alcohol.that is making your face turn red in areas.your body may not like a artifical colour that is in both spicy and alcohol
2006-11-13 00:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by mich_clarke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cheeks get very red when I drink alcohol. I expect it dilates the blood vessels directly.
2006-11-13 00:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Older&Wiser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both alcohol and some spices in the food cause the blood vesels to dilate hence the redning and it is called
erythema (redness due to blood vessel dilation).
2006-11-13 00:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by Julie B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing happens to me,especially with alcohol & its embarressing.
2006-11-13 00:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be rosacea, check out the website below
2006-11-13 00:17:11 · answer #8 · answered by wifieinstrife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yer blood gits thinner
2006-11-13 00:15:53 · answer #9 · answered by Rhett B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a good rush in blood flow.. to be simple
2006-11-13 00:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by tracienmark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋