January 6, 2010

Eating Spicy Food Makes Your Bum Burn!

Via.
I think you already knew this. (I KNOW I did!) But in case we ever need evidence, now we have it:

Scientists did a study on poop. Specifically, they wanted to know if eating spicy food makes going poop a more— er... painful experience. You know, with burning?

So the scientists added chili powder to the food of a group of people. Then they observed the results. These can be summed up this way:

"Oh no... The pain! The fire! It burns!"

I'm glad we cleared that up.

There's no way you're going to want to read the actual study. Okay, if you insist, go over here. It's called "Red Hot Chilli Consumption Is Harmful in Patients... A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study." 

Another good name could be "Mean Scientists Make People Take Fiery Poops"!

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86 comments:

  2. An anonymous commenter also wrote:
    "the burn caused from habanero peppers is insane!!! I thought the toilet paper was going to catch on fire as I was wiping... Just jump in the shower and [cool off] with water!"

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  3. Yup. An evening meal of spicy buffalo wings, chilli tacos and everything else laden with the spicy spice will definitely lead to, > 24 hours later, a horrid case of "IT'S ON FIIIIIIIRE! THIS IS THE WORST PAIN EVER!!!! DX WAAAAAH!"

    Enough said.

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  5. had no idea until this morning, which prompted me to do a google search and land on this. that was some great jerk chicken last night, but man oh man i am suffering today.

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  6. similar to anon... i made myself 2 meals of spicy chicken goujons with chilli ketchup in a wrap and ive been in agony down there for 2 visits now. never had it this bad before!

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  7. My bum burns as we speak!

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    1. same, I cooled it off in the shower and my bum is numb. i honestly cant feel it.

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  8. Searched and found this as im currently on the toilet in agony!

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    2. I'm on the toilet as we speak burning so bad! Spicy jambalaya and suicide hot wings last night, oh boy!

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    3. call 911!!!!!!!

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    5. Just found this, googling mid-dump. My bathroom is a murder scene. I'm purchasing a new toilet seat in the morning. I had a spice-rubbed burger today and now.... I'm ashamed.

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  9. I'm glad I could help accentuate— er, ALLEVIATE the pain. :)

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  12. Ok..I was worried...glad i'm not sick 0_o this never happens to me before lol

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  13. Haha never eating spicy food again to say the least!! My bellys like cramping as I sit here to though? Is that normal?!

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  14. MY ASS IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW!

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  15. I'm all with y'all & my butt is burning!!!!!!

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  16. It hurts so bad... Never eating spicy food again. I've been on the can 30% of the day and burns so bad. Holy morher of spicy burning sensations.

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  17. BURNING SO BAD, felt like i was giving birth out my butt

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  18. I ate eggs with pepers last night and my.butt is burning like hell and im constipated. Ohhh the pain. Just put me down now

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  19. Well I might as well post too. I'm sitting on the toilet pooping out some ghost chile wings and boy does it burn.

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  20. Hahaha lol I googled this and as I speak I'm sitting on the toilet & my butt is engulfed in flames!! THE PAIN!!! I ate a spicy kebab earlier.. Seemed like a great idea at the time but my lord am I paying for it now!!!!

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    1. Yes , happened for the first time ,while I was preparing breakfast for my family,that also right after a bath.it seemed my bum was on fire,I also had a spicy chiness meal last night.Been farting like there is no tomorrow

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  21. I think it's official: This is the blog's most-commented upon post. (And I couldn't be prouder!)

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  22. Ghost peppers hurts so bad I can't even describe it

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  23. Mother of all that is holy, for the past few days I have been taking a shot of cayenne pepper with lemon juice, maple syrup, and water to aid digestion and blood flow (weight loss), and today I took in a heaping teaspoon
    My butthole is equivalent to the fiery entrance to hell
    Also, it came flowing out of me like lava (bridesmaids reference) but seriously...

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  24. Scotch bonnet pepper - my arse is on fire

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  25. 100% true Indian food will do it to ya on the toilet now baby wipes provide relief

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    1. Omg I had the best indian food last night and I'm so uncomfortable with my ass being on fire right now it's the WORST kind of buring EVER

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  26. LOL as i'm reading this on my laptop, I'm taking a fiery, burning poop.

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  27. I'm screaming in pain and agony while I'm destroying my toilet! my ass is on fire!!!!

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  28. My butt is on fire and and it won't stop coming! I'm destroying my toilet as I post this!!!

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  29. Reading this while my butthole is in fire from this spicy church's chicken

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  30. Voodoo wings have blessed me with a burning ring of fire

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  31. I am punishing the toilet as we speak

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  32. Atomic wing sauce burns twice as much going out than in. Aaaahhhhhh!!!

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  33. Im brutalizing the toliet right now :c
    I feel better now that ive read Im not the only with fire buns....

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  34. An extremely spicy burrito brought me here, first time I ever felt this ,ughhh! It really does burn lol

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    1. Just took an anti-allergy. Fexigra-120 it works really .just try as I am relived of the burning bum after taking it

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  35. Shove ice cubes up your arse.

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  36. Though I have been here before, I assure you that this is the worst trip yet. I'm pretty sure my colon has joined a freak religious order and taken vows of self-inflicted agony. The worst part is that it is taking forever since my colon is too scared to just rip the band-aid and get this over with... Oh no, at our house, we take our sweet time and relish in every agonizing second of last night's poor culinary choices.

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  37. HABANERO,GHOST PEPPER, PIZZA, AND BEER TORE ME A NEW ONE I HAVE TO SIT SIDEWAYS ON THE JOHN AND I MELTED THE LITTLE BLUE PILL THAT GOES IN THE TOILET I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW!!!

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  38. Stupid Thaif food restaurant. I said "medium spicy" not "make it spicy"! What did you do to me?!?! aAAAAAAAAAAGH!

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  39. For all you guys reading this on your laptop while taking a hot steamy one , i hope you wash your hands. LOL,

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  40. Oh my hot fiery anus and surrounding scorched ass! Seriously have eaten a Crap load of spicy food in the past and only once can I remember my bum burning and it was from eating an entire bag of flaming hot cheetohs. I had a spicy Italian sub from subway today for lunch, had them add pepperoncinos. Didn't think it was that spicy, then ate a hot link sandwich for dinner tonight. 15 minutes later I am on the toilet shooting liquid lava out my ass. The pain is excruciating! What the hell? It hasn't stopped burning. I've gone twice and refuse to go again cause I just can't bare it. Seriously having trouble walking normal or sitting. 5 more hours before I get off work. Aaaaaaagh!

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  41. I ate a burrito with lots of chili in the morning in the after noon at some blazing hot wings and at night I ate mexican spicy food I woke up today rushed to the bathroom and now I'm part of this "on the can burning" club haha

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  42. Hahahahahaha omg! Im also now part of this club... usually one who can eat hot food regularly no problems last night had suicide hot wings and today everytime Ive had to go its been the burning ring of fire as previously put! Never again, will stick to what I know works with me -_-

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  43. thank god you put this post up!!!!! i used Desitin! helped a lot!

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  44. Thank you, at least now I know I'm not the only one!

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  45. If i funnel milk into my bum will the burning stop? But more importntly, will i still respect myself?

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  46. ate some insane zaxbys wings last night this morning my stomach was hurting and my bum was on fire

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  47. Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce... The Bhut Jolokia... Hottest Natural Pepper in the WORLD. 8~| Never again.

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  48. I was about to call an ambulance. The pain and fire was enormously unbearable! I have never experienced such pain in my life due to spices and hence i came to this page

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  49. Looks like I am now a part of the "on the toilet sh*tting lava club" ordered MILD thai food today, but suffered through eating whatever their exact OPPOSITE version of mild is... I thought the worst part was over as I suffered through the last bite.

    Now I sit humbled by the Thai dragon leaving my colon

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  50. In a weird coincidence, "Now I sit humbled by the Thai dragon leaving my colon" is the name of my band!

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  51. i kinda like the feel lol

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  52. 2 spicy McChickens later and here I am...

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  53. Wing dome 7 deadly wing chalange. Made it half way before i had to stop. Spent the next 10S hours doubled over feeling the fire travel through my body. So much fire it even burns to pee. I've spent enough time on the throne to read every post here and the flow of lava continues.

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  54. Popeye's chicken strips with about 25 packets of "Lose-yo-anus" hot sauce. I ate about an hour and a half ago, then went for a bike ride with my kids. In AGONY now. "Now, that's Louisiana FAST!". ( I had to try to see SOME humor in it ).

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  56. Somebody call 911
    Shorty fire burning on the toilet floor
    Oh oh oh oh

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  57. I ate some taco bell with fire sauce...worst fire-hole ever! I have to wipe with those Kleenex with aloe just to get clean. I also have to crap lava every 15 minutes for the last 2 hours! The pain, it burns!

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  58. im in such bad pain , hotter than the flames of hell.

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  59. One person wrote that baby wipes calm the burning pain, I thank you kind person!! This really is the best page ever! Home made salsa not fun :(

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  60. Yep, may as well admit it. I'm on the can too! Seafood gumbo is the bane of my existence.

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  61. Omg it burns so bad! I shall banish thy habanero sauce!!

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  62. This is interesting, I'd like to know what causes it to hurt some peoples' anus while not hurting others'. I eat so much spicy food; I dump Sriracha on everything I eat, put habaneros in everything I prepare, and have never experienced a painful poop from any of that. But I've heard a lot of people talk about this phenomenon, so I got curious.

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    1. So basically...you have a superpower!

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  63. I have battled this my whole life as I am addicted to spicy food. I also have this bad habit of eating jalapenos out of the jar. Finally decided to see why it happens as I am regretting it now after a night of drinking. Glad to see I am not the only one. Its like a family here lol. All the support, advice, and shared stories.

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  64. A visitor left this message (which I slightly edited):

    I worked in a Thai kitchen for a couple of years (9 years ago) and ate spicy food every day and NEVER had any trouble at all. I became a hot pepper eater after that. I like spicy food.

    I've been eating spicy food on and off for years and even surprised some people with my ability to eat so much of it. I felt a little burn now and then that sort of felt nice. It never hurt me.

    Then, uh oh, i started making my OWN chilli paste and was really eating a lot - even spooning it into my mouth to test the flavors i was creating. That lasted for several months without any trouble at all. And then, one day i sat down on the toilet and man, oh man, i was in pain. And it still hurts a month later. The burning feeling is gone now when it's coming out but i have been left with a sustained pain. It hurts when i wipe. So, now, after every poop, i have to use a shower hose with warm water in the bathtub to try wash any "remains" away because if i don't do this, i feel a burn inside my anus after i pooped. And it's not that it's anything spicy in there as i completely stopped eating the stuff.

    [the results were unpleasant] WOW, my gosh!

    I started buying large aloe vera leaves from a Chinese market and cut some into strips, and peel off the skin, and freeze them, so i can [use them as suppositories]. Man oh man, i hope this stops soon.

    Needless to say, whatever hot chilli paste was not eaten was placed into the freezer to save it for "better days" if i ever have better days again. A month later and i still fear sitting on the toilet.

    I hope i am not permanently damaged in there.

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  65. My ass is on fire now after eating spicy stir fry for lunch I'm literally close to tears first and last time ill eat that

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  66. I'm pretty sure my toilet hates me. I made the mistake of eating a jar of hot peppers with my sister. As I sit here trying my hardest not to wake the neighbors with my cries from the fiery pits of hell butt burn. It's a burn I haven't know in a very long time. That's what happens when you stop eating spicy food for two months then start again. . . OMG it hurts so bad I'm pretty sure I can't wipe!!!!

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  67. Not sure what ingredient from Chuy's that is making it burn but I would like to know so I will not eat it anymore or PUT THE TOILET PAPER IN THE FREEZER BEFORE!!!

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  68. On my way to eat nachos I stated my dilemma out loud. Should I get jalapeños or not? I love them so much during, but hate my life the next day. So now I sit on the toilet trying not to cry.

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  69. Just woke up in and set down on the pot to blow fire i swear fire came out. Did the buffalo wild wing challange. And i won but am loosing now. Ouch
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  70. Sweet Jesus I ordered the green coconut curry (THAI STYLE) and had it Thai hot.. 2 days my a$$ is on fire oh lord lol

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  71. I know i'm sensitive to spicy food, but i still eat it anyways. Now i regret it, oh dear the agony pain.

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  72. No more spicy flaming chicken chunks!!!! Ughhhhhhh

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  73. Just ate carnitas hot burrito at Santiago s n men is my ass on fire

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  74. I had to post after reading all of the amazing comments here. Thai hot in process as I write.

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  75. Sitting on the throne as we speak nd man oh man I think eating 5 grilled none cut jalepaneos soaked with in its own sauce was the worse mistake in my manhood nd im 48 years old

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