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When i eat anything that's even slightly spicy i have trouble breathing, why is that?
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Trouble breathing: Heavy meals will make the stomach full and bloated and it can precipitate indigestion as well. The result will be the stomach pressing against the diaphragm which needs to expand when a person breaths. The limited expansion of the diaphragm will make the person take shallow and rapid breaths to compensate for the demand.
Answered 12/14/2013
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