Sudden facial flushing
Skin Flushing/Blushing
Consuming spicy foods, such as peppers or products derived from the Capsicum (pepper) genus of plants, can cause sudden redness in the face or neck.
This response can also cause flushed skin. Exercise, intensive physical activity, or sudden changes in temperature can all have this result.
A sudden and strong emotion – such as embarrassment or stress – causes your This increases the blood flow to your skin, producing the redness associated.
Description:Food and alcohol Food - eating spicy or sour foods, nitrites and sulfites additives in many foods , thermally hot foods and beverages can cause facial flushing. This gustatory flushing is caused by a neural reflex involving autonomic neurons carried by the branches of the trigeminal nerve Alcohol - Asians with certain genotypes show extensive flushing in response to low quantities of alcohol. They have been found to have higher plasma levels of acetaldehyde. This abnormality is probably related to a deficiency of an isoenzyme of liver aldehyde dehydrogenase Both food and alcohol ingestion can also trigger flushing in carcinoid tumours and medullary thyroid carcinoma Dumping syndrome Dumping syndrome is a frequent complication of oesophageal, gastric or bariatric surgery There is rapid gastric emptying, with the delivery to the small intestine of a significant proportion of solid food as large particles that are difficult to digest.
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