But isn't it also true that certain spicy foods and condiments, such as Tabasco, can have a decided effect on the anal ring when exiting? Wouldn't this be a trade-off of sorts?

Pulling My Pants Down For Peace, Plop and Posterity!

I think Motherload's medical opinion leaves the door open to my hot-food-as-rhoid-cure theory. What's the matter, Dave? You got a hemorrhoid?

My theory was not that the offending butt-vein was cauterized, but that the irritation of ring sting caused the rhoid to constrict to an unnoticable size...

One more humble question for Motherload: If the capsaicin is broken down early in the digestive process, what makes your bum burn so after you have eaten hot food?

So there is a grain of truth to DD's claims.

I would think that if spicy food burns coming out, that it did not spend enough time in the digestive system, to have the Capsacinoids broken down.

I eat alot of hot, spicy food, and never have problems with burning when it comes out.

Perhaps metabolism plays a role in this, in addition to the individual's digestive capabilities.
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I would think that if capsaicinoids are a scientifically proven way to reduce hemorrhoids/hemorrhoid pain, that doctors and such would be prescribing habanero shakes to sufferers. Of course, doctors also used to bleed people out to get rid of infections, so maybe they just haven't figured out the connection yet.

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Holy skid marks Batman!

Black pepper comes out of me exactly like it went in. My anus used to itch and burn all the time, but when I figured out I was simply peppering my bunghole, and quit eating it (the pepper, that is), my ring of fire went away.

Your Highness. Doctors don't prescribe anything that is not approved by the FDA and I don't think the entire country of Mexico has enough money to push Habanero shakes through FDA approval.

Now that I have done even MORE research on this subject and have most likely read every publication ever written about capsaicin, I have this to add.

Capsaicin is slightly soluble in water, but HIGHLY soluble in alcohol, fats and oils. So my guess is that a great deal of just how much the capsaicin gets broken down during digestion would be greatly influenced by the type of food it is in, how it was prepared, and what you are drinking with it.

Since capsaicin is not distributed evenly in any given pepper, and the concentration of it can vary from one pepper to another to such a degree, it would be impossible to anticipate what the outcome is going to be.

Capsaicin actually has been proven to be beneficial to the mucosal membranes of the digestive system and also reduces excessive production of gastric acid. As I mentioned before, it would be more easily digested when combined with fats, oils and/or alcohol. However, alcohol itself is an irritant to the mucosal lining, and can stimulate the production of excess stomach acid and also inhibit the release of bicarbinate from the pancreas which results in stomach acid spewing out of your ass.

So when you eat spicy foods that result in the ring of fire later on, think about what you consumed with it. If you ate something that was fat-free, oil-free and drank no alcohol, then it is probably burning because of some residual capsaicinoids still present upon exit.

But if you had a spicy, greasy meal and drank alcohol-containing beverages, then chances are that your ass is burning because of the stomach acid and chemicals that you drank. Not the food.

Another factor to consider is the frequency in which spicy foods are consumed. There does seem to be some resistance acquired by those who eat these things on a regular basis as opposed to someone that just eats them on rare occasion. Everyone's pain threshold is unique.

Also, doctors are very aware of the many benefits of capsaicinoids. In fact, capsaicin is being used in many different types of medication (mostly topical ointments) to treat pain and inflammation from arthritis, psoriasis and other common ailments.

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I know a guy, who knows a guy that laughed Tabasco Sauce out of his nose and lost his sence of smell. When I eat too many jalapenos my lips feel numb. So maybe it works the same on the hemi, it numbs it so it doesn't hurt as bad.

I'm not so sure about this theory that capsaicin gets dissolved well in fats. Maybe I have a quick metabolism, but if I have hot Indian food, I KNOW about it (via the ring of fire) in about 12 hours. Now, we all know, Indian is laden with butter and fat. But then, how to explain the same situation with Thai, which tends to be less fatty (when not eating coconut milk-based curries, which I tend to not do too regularly). If I have a plate of noodles or some spicy tom sum (the green papaya salad), I can still get the burn.

Granted, I tend to eat it about 4X hotter than your average jalapeño lover, but probably less hot than a habanero cowboy... Thai chilies are yummy!

Healthy1 and I have totally different experiences, apparently!

Oh, and, (jeez, I'm getting pretty personal here) my rhoids only flare up when I haven't washed much... the spicy food has no effect whatsoever.

I will get "ring of fire" when I eat peppers canned in vinegar, like your run-of-the-mill canned jalapeno rings or jarred jalapeno rings. This one food item causes me to suffer like nothing else does.

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The worst case of "exhaust pipe syndrome" I've ever had was from eating hot wings that were labeled "atomic". I had to sign a waiver before eating them. Hot in the way in and VERY hot on the way out! But then again... I did consume an inordinate amount of Yeunlings with said wings.... so maybe it was the beer in addition to the wings that burned my ring. And my only advice is this: after consuming the aforementioned food and beverage, and experiencing "exhaust pipe syndrome", DO NOT go swimming in the ocean!

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I suggest using a lighter or blowtorch to cauterize the little buggers.
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Another way to cauterize hemorrhoids is to pop them, then immediately apply fresh ground up Habanero peppers to the site of the hemmorhoids. *squirming in my chair*.
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Dude.

I do like how you say "the site of the hemorrhoids" like they could be anywhere.

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Love the site...it seems I get the burning ring of fire after I have eaten Jalapenos not ones that are fresh...I love spicy foods...If I can find it in spicy all the better...but no matter how much bread or solids I put before a pepper it always comes back to literally bite me in the ass...I am once and for all Swearing off Jalapenos!!...

I've submitted a story to Dave about the thirteen year-old daughter of a friend of mine who gave herself an anal fissure and had to have it medicially cauterized. I'll be interested in the comments of Motherload and others about that.

Crushed & ground red peppers are my thing, I love em and litterly cant eat too much. If I feel like Im getting a cold, I will put the mother load on my lunch... lets say pizza, sometims Ill just take a tablespoon full and chew em up. My point is Im fairly certain that it helps me kick that cold or never get it... also I eat alot of hot food, but when I load up I can feel it work its way through in 6-12hrs and yes my ass burns, there is no way this stuff gets broke down all the way.. I guess Im wondering if it can be bad for your intestine track to purge with hot peppers?

Couldn't you just put that gel you use on your gums to deaden pain on your red hot inflamed ringer? That's what I would do.

I am a chili freak. I chop up jalapenos in my morning oatmeal. I add chopped habeneros to comercial salsa.
I sprinkle extra
reshampatti chili
powder on all my curry dishes. I have no burning ring of fire or roids. However I have, on occasion,
farted and burned holes in my underwear or set the paper on fire while cleaning up.

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Eat chilies and feel the burn!!