Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Why does the muzzle run when we put away spicy food?

The perception of smell is called as olfactory sense, it is sensed primarily by olfactory epithelium,.. but for stronger stimuli in that is nasopharyngeal epithelium which directly stimulates through vagus nerve (I Think) anyway thats not earth-shattering, what is imp is that this stimuation is different from the olfactory (cant we still smell somethings close to spices even when we have cold and cant smell almost anything)
So when we chomp through very spicy food at hand is activation of the latter pathway, which in turn cause running of nose by cause increased blood supply to nasal epithelium.
This causes running trunk,.. also this phenomenon will not continue through the suppertime for most of the people it is self limiting
Spicy food make the eyes water, which make the nose run.
Spices are largely potent chemicals suspending in grease. They are irritants (which is why you cry when you slice onions).
so when your nose runs, you run chase it, it will take your mind bad how spicy the food really is.
spicy foods clear out your sinuses and therefore you enjoy a runny nose and runny eyes.
nose never runs away if you hold your antenna firmly with your other foot while eating spicy food
Nose get scared of the fry and hence wants to step away and starts running.
Due to stimulation of autonomic nervous system
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