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Hubby claims that his bothersome feeling in anus(burning sensation)is because he had a little spicy food today he almost cried also burning in penis ?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

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See below: After a meal of containing hot chile peppers Capsaicin(the ingredient that makes peppers hot) is excreted intact in the stool and to smaller extent in urine. The anus, bladder and urethra have sensory tissue and will register pain when Capsaicin arrives at these sites.

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Answered 1/23/2018

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A member asked:

Hubby claims that his bothersome feeling in anus(burning sensation)is because he had a little spicy food today he almost cried also burning in penis ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. David Lipkin answered

Dr Sinclair and another doctor agreed

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