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"  Spicy foods can be extremely painful to consume. However, the discomfort usually subsides after the hot food is eaten. But for one man in China, a spicy hot pot soup put him in the hospital. According to Foodbeast, the 26-year-old man went to the hospital complaining of pain in his stomach. He had also vomited blood. Doctors ultimately found a hole in the wall of his stomach. After realizing that he had no history of gastrointestinal problems, they attributed the hole to a spicy hot pot that he had consumed earlier in the day. More From Delish: Make it Hot! Spicy Foods that Boost Your Metabolism At the restaurant where the hot pot was eaten, customers can choose how spicy they want their soup. The man had chosen the mala hot pot, which translates to &amp;quot;numbing hot.&amp;quot; The soup contained both hot chili peppers and Sichuan peppers, which are spicy in different ways. Sichuan peppers are known for causing mouth numbness, while chili peppers are just plain hot. More From Delish: Some Like it Hot! 9 Spicy Recipes from O, the Oprah Magazine While it may seem odd that doctors were able to tie the stomach hole to the man&amp;#039;s lunch, in China this type of incident isn&amp;#039;t all that uncommon. At the hospital the victim visited in Wuhan, 15 percent of gastrointestinal cases are said to be the result of hot pot consumption. Have you ever eaten something that was extremely spicy? Did it put you in the hospital? Find more great food content on Delish:  Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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