Clinical Question:
Does eating spicy foods -- red hot chili peppers, specifically -- exacerbate hemorrhoid symptoms?

Bottom Line:
There is no scientific evidence that a spicy meal based on red hot chili pepper may worsen hemorrhoidal symptoms and, therefore, there is no reason to prevent these patients from occasionally enjoying a spicy dish if they so wish.

http://www.a1articles.com/article_102850_17.html