Tingly tongue after hot sauce

[legbuh]

So I've noticed this 3 or so times now in the last couple weeks.

when I eat hot sauce my tongue gets tingly and almost a little numb.

Been vaping for about a month now. I'm still doing 3-5 analogs a day (down from about a pack a day).

any idea what it is? Never really happened before.

[Kelly79]

yeah your taste buds are recovering from smoking damage lol, the tingle and numbness are normal side effects from hot peppers, it can range from a little bit of a tingle to I'm literally burning my tongue (the hottest of the hot). Smokers have a higher tolerance for peppers than non-smokers because the taste buds are damaged by smoking, chewing ect.

[legbuh]

That's cool. I normally feel the heat, but I haven't felt (or don't remember) the tingling/numbness.

Cool.. it's working! Now only if I can quit those 3-5 analogs a day.. just hard (after meals and sex) to give up the real thing.

[Kelly79]

because it does cause the tingly numbness along with the heat the oil of peppers (capsacin) is used in arthritis creams.