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Catman Dude
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I stupidly put cayenne pepper in my right ear almost two weeks ago. I suffered a wild episode of spinning rooms and now, 10 days later, I still have some unsteadiness and dizzyness. Apparently, the cayenne papper caused swelling of the inner ear around the Eustachian tube blocking its ability to open and close to normalize pressure in the ear. I assume that by now the swelling has gone down but I'm still a bit unsteady.
I guess maybe there is still some swelling in there. Yesterday, I started taking Arnica homeopathic pills (30x) in hopes of eliminating the dizzyness. Am I being impatient to expect full recovery by now? I really hope I didn't do permanent damage to my inner ear.
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- Re: How long does it take to recover... ohfor07
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This is a reply to # 1,498,209It is unlikely that the cayenne pepper did any damage.... hard to say, you described a sketchy situation. More details might help uncover what is going on with the vertigo. What form of Cayenne did you put into your ear - powder, tincture, raw cayene, which? That you were putting anything in your ear indicates you had some sort of problem going on there to begin with. Whats up with that? Just like many other diseases, there are numerous causes to vertigo, so you may not find a quick answer to this question. Vertigo in general indicates something going on in the Inner Ear where the tiny tubes with fluid help to maintain your sense of balance. Whatever you have going on, I'm guessing that if the dose of Cayenne did anything, it stirred up the situation you already had going on in there.... whatever that is or was.
If you really believe that the Cayenne caused some damage, you could try some differnent herbs that are good at soothing inflamed tissues. Generally speaking, Garlic Oil is a known rememdy for ear problems. The thing is, Garlic might also furhter enflame your already-enflamed ear tissues. You could possibly try just plain olive oil. Marshmallow is a great herb for soothing enflamed tissue, but I honestly do not know the best way to get some Marshmallow into your ear.
I can sort of tell by your resorting to a homeopathic remdedy to offset a previous effort, you are sort of throwing darts trying to recover.... trust me, I can certainly appreciate that, but sometimes throwing more stuff onto a situation can make the situation worse... and sometimes there is value in that old line "sometimes less is more". By this I mean, rather than adding more ingredients to your situation, you might try adding less. In other words, you could try a a 1 or 2 day fast to see if this brings some relief. From what I understand, inner ear problems are often times influenced by diet. Maybe try going a day or two on only juice and water.
If you have time, you might try checking in at the Natural Healing forum. Uny is pretty knowledgeable about Schulze methods. Good luck.
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- Re: How long does it take to recover... Catman Dude
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This is a reply to # 1,498,503The background of why I put Cayenne Pepper in my ear in the first place was that I thought an eczema spot may be trying to start in the ear canal. I treat new developing eczema spots with some drops cayenne pepper tincture and Burt's Bees skin cream. That ususally eliminates the new spots.
But I had an itch about mid-way in my ear canal for a couple of days. So I dipped a cotton swab in cayenne pepper tincture (made with Habanero) but there was only the mash of the pepper on the bottom (!). I then dipped it in tree tea oil to lessen the sting of the cayenne pepper without affecting it's healing work. I knew by putting it in the ear that I would feel the cayenne pepper and I did experience a 10-minute ear ache. And that was that until a couple of days later when I experienced the vertigo. I hadn't expected that the cayenne would actually cause *swelling* inside the ear and affect my balance. I guess having the mash of the pepper on the cotton swab only made it hotter than straight tincture.
A poster on another health forum suggested the Arnica homeopathic pills due to its purported ability to douse inflammation. Arnica can't be taken internally except in homeopathic form or in highly diluted form.
I did not have vertigo or dizzyness before the cayenne pepper episode, just an itch in the ear canal. It could have been caused by my hearing aid but I had a rash of new eczema spots so I thought a bit of cayenne was what was needed for that itch in the ear. I'd give anything to take it back!
So I was just asking if anyone had experienced vertigo/dizzyness before and how long it took for them to get over it. Perhaps my experience is too unique. I was stupid enough to not be conscientious of what I was doing.
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- Re: How long does it take to recover... vertigo1
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This is a reply to # 1,498,822Tabasco sauce provokes benign positional vertigo attacks in me roughly 6-12 hours after consumption. The first time this happened followed a meal heavy with the sauce, I woke up in the middle of the night screaming with my first vertigo attack. It happened because I turned my head while sleeping. After some experimentation as to the cause, I put a few drops of tabasco on my tongue and reexperienced the effect. This may be due to capsacin, because a type of canned tuna flavored with cayenne peppers (the main component of Tabasco) does the same thing. I have since stopped eating peppers of all kinds - the first and second attack was in 1992 or so. The flavored tuna provoked it six months ago. Cayenne is the shared component of the two foods. I've seen next to nothing about this in the medical literature, so I presume it is idiopathic, but it would not surprise me that what you describe is a related effect. I think Aspartame does the same thing to me.
Capsacin binds to, stimulates and in high doses is toxic to neurons (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7617165). Putting a large amount in a location near to nerves of the inner ear would produce a high local concentration. It is also thought to enhance the absorption of other substances (in a manner similar to DMSO) and has been shown to have both pro and anti-carcinogenic effects. But, I think, just a persons natural response to something is the best measure of whether or not it is good for you. Capsacin is most definitely an acquired taste. It is an irritant. From that standpoint, putting it on your skin is unlikely to be a healthy thing to do.
- Re: How long does it take to recover... vertigo1
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- Re: How long does it take to recover... Catman Dude
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- Re: How long does it take to recover... ohfor07
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