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How does acidic or spicy food affect your throat? can you permanently damage your throat?
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Throat damage: Healthy acidic or spicy foods do not damage your throat or usually affect your throat adversely. Sometimes a person has a sensitivity or allergy to a certaiq food or spice and that can cause a problem in that specific individual.
Answered 12/1/2017
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No: You shouldn't damage your throat by eating spicy food. But you may worsen reflux which can cause acid to get in your throat which could, over time, cause inflammation.
Answered 6/2/2018
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