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Hi doctors. can you get a burning sensation when defecating after eating spicy foods? is this unusual?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

This is entirely normal. Pepper chemicals (capsaicin and related compounds) cause burning sensations at both ends of the gastrointestinal tract, i.e. mouth and rectum.

Answered 2/25/2022

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