Are you a spicy food enthusiast? If so, maybe you have felt a stomach ache or heartburn after eating spicy food. That sometimes happens...
Are you a spicy food enthusiast? If so, maybe you have felt a stomach ache or heartburn after eating spicy food. That sometimes happens even though you eat spicy food every day. Why did it happen? Here's the reason.
1. The sensation of abdominal or spicy pain is caused by capsaicin, an active chemical that gives a spicy taste, like in chili.
2. The more capsaicin, the spicier a food is, and the riskier you feel the sensation of heartburn.
3. When touching the tongue, esophagus, and stomach wall, the capsaicin molecule will be bound to nerve receptors that usually capture pain signals.
4. The signal is then forwarded to the brain and is interpreted as pain that causes a burning sensation.
5. Why you don't always feel a burning or heartburn sensation because your stomach responds to the presence of capsaicin by producing mucus that protects your stomach from irritation.
6. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of the mucus will decrease if you are too much or often exposed to capsaicin so that you feel heartburn.
7. Even so, even the slightest amount of capsaicin exposure can trigger overwhelming heartburn if someone already has digestive problems.
8. Not only heartburn, but you can also experience diarrhea because capsaicin can also make you diarrhea because it makes the large intestine not absorb water optimally so that your stool becomes liquid.
9. Exposure to capsaicin can aggravate the symptoms of gastric inflammation due to bacterial infections, use of anti-inflammatory drugs, and alcohol.
10. Capsaicin can also aggravate stomach ulcers so that the stomach feels bloated, nauseous, and a burning sensation.
Only you know your capacity to eat spicy foods. For this reason, it's wise to consume it, yes. Don't hesitate to go to the doctor if the symptoms get worse.
Source: google
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