Spicy food

Hi, I have diagnosed CCI. I know my atlas is severely misaligned. At a certain point last year, I became unable to tolerate spicy food. I heard that vagus nerve compression can cause that. Anyone ever hear of that too?

Anyways, tonight I made food that accidentally contained a lot of garlic. It bothered me and felt too “spicy” for me. I ate it anyways, because I was so hungry. Anyways, soon after, my eyes started hurting me. Just throbbing discomfort and burning sensation. Can anyone explain this? I’m so terrified of this because I had LASIK eye surgery a few years ago and later found out that it causes a lot of issues. Just so incredibly nervous that something as benign as spicy food can trigger the pain in my eyes. Wondering if anyone can quell my fears 😭