I turned 41 on the 16th of this month and have never had any food allergies and regularly eat spicy foods.... on the 24th a guy at work made chili and within 10 minutes of eating a few teaspoons I turned completely red, could not breath very well, my whole body swelled and broke out in hives. Thank God the place I work has nurses on duty.... I was given benadryl which help ease my breathing and was sent to the ER and that was the quickest I ever saw a doctor.... 5 shots, a pill, IV and EKG while there and a$190 worth of prescriptions including 2 epi pens and of course allergy testing to follow. I ate chili all the time and was really freaked out when the doctor said if it happened again I would DIE and was lucky I did not this time. I have ate nothing but plain pasta since..