Tripping up with a jalapeno no-no

I found a new way of realising I'm old this week after a freakish reaction to eating too many jalapeno peppers.

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The spice kick induced a reaction called vasovagal syncope (me neither), which made my blood pressure and heartbeat plummet, causing me to faint at the top of our stairs and fly down them, tossing around like a rag doll, un