Do chili peppers have the capacity and spiciness to cause harm to a person from eating one?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12505344 Using that link, one can read under "Worrying" about the effects of eating one of the hottest peppers, the Infinity Chili. It looks like there is quite a lot of discomfort from eating one of these chilies, but there are no long-term effects. So, perhaps, n a grand scale, yes, chili peppers DO have the capacity to cause harm (you may even suffer from severe heartburn or even a heart attack from eating too much at once), but, in the long run, even the hottest of chilies produces no long term harm. Jan 11 13, 12:14 PM