High school students in Japan taken to hospital after eating 'super spicy' chips

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More than a dozen students have been taken to hospital after they became ill from eating extremely spicy crisps, reportedly given out by a fellow pupil "for fun", officials in Japan have said.

Rokugo Koka High School in Tokyo called for help on Tuesday lunchtime after 13 girls and one boy, all first-year students, complained of nausea, as well as stomach and mouth pain, JapanToday said, quoting the city's fire department and local police.

Other reports, including by the Asahi Shimbun, said 15 students were affected.

All those taken ill are believed to have been conscious and to have had minor symptoms.

Around 30 students had been eating the extremely spicy chips, labelled "18+ curry chips", brought to the school by one of the students, police said.

https://news.sky.com/story/japan-14...ital-after-eating-super-spicy-crisps-13179297

 

[BrianL]

People should be careful with these very spicy ships, etc. I stupidly did one of those challenges at a group gatehring once. How hot could it be, right? The answer is that it is poisonous and I was about ready to have my freinds call an ambulance! They were taken off the market in the US after a death, and well they should have been. I thought I could handle it - and the fact is that as far as how it burns my mouth, I could. When it hits the stomach though, it was a nightmare. I hope that all of these kids are okay.