Capsaicin, arterial hypertensive crisis and acute myocardial infarction associated with high levels of thyroid stimulating hormone

A case of acute myocardial infarction due to the use of cayenne pepper pills

“…Cases of myocardial infarction due to ingestion of capsaicin have also been previously reported [8,9]. One case presented with concomitant hypertensive crisis [8]; an another case was a 29-year-old man who presented with acute myocardial infarction [9]. He had no angiographically visible atherosclerothic plaque and myocardial infarction was attributed to coronary vasospasm because of topical capsaisin consumption.…”

“…Evidence has been also provided that the activation of the sympathetic nervous system is peculiar to the essential hypertensive state, parallels the degree of the blood pressure elevation, is triggered by reflex and humoral mechanisms, and may exert deleterious metabolic and cardiovascular effects, accelerating the progression of the end organ damage accompanying hypertension [3]. Cases of hypertensive crisis due to ingestion of capsaicin have been previously reported [7,8]. Cases of myocardial infarction due to ingestion of capsaicin have also been previously reported [8,9].…”

“…Cases of hypertensive crisis due to ingestion of capsaicin have been previously reported [7,8]. Cases of myocardial infarction due to ingestion of capsaicin have also been previously reported [8,9]. One case presented with concomitant hypertensive crisis [8]; an another case was a 29-year-old man who presented with acute myocardial infarction [9].…”

Capsaicin and arterial hypertensive crisis

“…Furthermore, it has also been reported that capsaicin-treated pigs have a significantly increased mean arterial blood pressure compared with controls and that the decrease in CGRP synthesis and release contributes to the elevated blood pressure [4]. A case has also been reported of an arterial hypertensive crisis in a patient with a large ingestion of peppers and chili peppers the day before [5]. We present a case of an arterial hypertensive crisis in a 19-year-old Italian man with an abundant ingestion of peppers and chili peppers the preceding day.…”

Pericardial effusion associated with subclinical hypothyroidism

“…Subclinical hypothyroidism is characterized by abnormal lipid metabolism, cardiac dysfunction, diastolic hypertension conferring an elevated risk of atherosclerosis, and ischemic heart disease [1]. It has been reported that subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with both, a significant risk of coronary heart disease [20] at baseline and at followup and that mortality from cardiovascular causes is significantly higher at follow-up [21][22][23][24]. However subclinical thyroid dysfunction is currently the subject of numerous studies and remains controversial, particularly as it relates to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and clinical applications [1,25,26,27].…”