Contents:
- Medical Video: Craving for Eating Spicy Foods During Pregnancy | Eating Spicy Food | Your YouTube Mom
- Biologically, the anus is similar to the mouth
- When eating spicy, the entire digestive system gets a signal of heat
- How to relieve hot anus after eating spicy
- 1. More selective for food
- 2. Maintain the cleanliness of the buttocks
Medical Video: Craving for Eating Spicy Foods During Pregnancy | Eating Spicy Food | Your YouTube Mom
Are you one of those spicy food lovers? In Indonesia, food stalls offering spicy dishes are very mushrooming. Even some shops provide food with a very high level of spiciness.
For spicy enthusiasts, eating food with a mixture of cayenne pepper, red chili, and green chili is also a very enjoyable and exciting thing because of the dower sweat and mouth sensation after eating spicy. However, not only the mouth feels a sensation of heat, later when defecating (BAB) the anus also feels hot. So, what causes hot anus after eating spicy? Read on to find out the cause.
Biologically, the anus is similar to the mouth
When eating chili or other spicy foods, although initially delicious in the mouth, sometimes it can carry over to the toilet. Many people, especially those who are not used to spicy food, may be more susceptible to feeling a hot anal sensation such as burning when defecating. Believe it or not, this happens because the anus is biologically similar to the mouth.
Inside the anus there are also TRPV1 nerve receptors that are sensitive to spicy chemical compounds from chili called capsaicin. So the capsaicin from chili you consume is not always completely digested in the body. Some are absorbed by the body which then enters the liver and is broken down, but there is also left until it comes out during defecation.
Well, this means that when someone consumes large amounts of spicy food, the remaining capsaicin will also interact more with the TRPV1 receptor as it does in the mouth. This is what causes a hot anal sensation after bowel movements.
When eating spicy, the entire digestive system gets a signal of heat
This TRPV1 receptor is actually also found along the digestive system pathway. That is why, it is not uncommon for many people to feel cramped or uncomfortable when eating spicy foods.This happens because the TRPV1 receptor translates capsaicin as a hot feeling so the body will react trying to reduce the temperature.
Signs that are usually raised usually cause skin to sweat, blood vessels dilate, and the intestines use more fluids to digest food. Not infrequently this makes your bowel movements after eating spicy become more liquid or commonly called diarrhea.
In people who have digestive problems such as irritable bowel and hemorrhoids, they are more susceptible to feeling the sensation of heat and pain after eating spicy foods
How to relieve hot anus after eating spicy
Here are two simple ways you can do to relieve a hot anal sensation during bowel movements.
1. More selective for food
According to Brooks D. Cash, M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of South Alabamam, to eliminate hot anal sensations after spicy eating is by limiting the consumption of spicy and fatty foods. This is because consuming too much fatty food will make more bile out. Because this bile will irritate the skin around your anus.
If you still want to consume spicy foods, consume fiber supplements that contain psyllium before or immediately after you eat.
2. Maintain the cleanliness of the buttocks
If your buttocks often feel sore or itchy after you consume spicy food, then make sure if you always clean your buttocks until they are clean and dry. Clean your anus with warm water and soap. After that, apply an ointment containing calamine to your anus because calamine can help reduce the itching or burning sensation you feel.
But if you feel a pain that does not subside in the anus area, then immediately consult yourself with a doctor. This is because the pain can be a symptom of other more serious health problems such as infections, tears, abscesses, or even cancer.
