What causes repeated hiccups?

Hiccups can be said to be a helpless and embarrassing thing in life. Although it is not a physical disease, it makes people very uncomfortable. When encountering hiccups, many people have no way to deal with it and can only wait for it to disappear by itself. When it comes to hiccups, many people have experienced it but often don’t know why they hiccup. Today I will introduce to you the origins of hiccups one by one, and what good methods do we have when we encounter hiccups?

1. Why do people hiccup?

Hiccups are caused by stimulation of the nerves in the cervical spine, thoracic diaphragm, or gastrointestinal tract, which causes diaphragmatic contraction. Temporary hiccups may occur due to cold stimulation, eating too much, eating too fast, or eating too much dry and hard food.

Most hiccups will stop automatically after a few minutes. This is normal and there is no need to be nervous. If you keep hiccuping, you can use the following methods to effectively stop the hiccups.

If you keep hiccuping, you can drink water and bend over to solve it

Prepare a cup of warm water and swallow it slowly in several times, while doing 10 to 15 90-degree bends. Because the stomach is close to the diaphragm, the diaphragm can be warmed by bending over, and the internal organs will also massage the diaphragm, thereby relieving diaphragm spasms and achieving the purpose of stopping hiccups.

If you keep hiccuping, you can use the tongue stretching method

If you feel you can't stand hiccups for too long, wrap your tongue with a piece of clean gauze, pinch your tongue with your fingers and stretch it outwards. You will then feel gas rising in your abdomen and the hiccups will naturally disappear.

Acupressure can be used to treat persistent hiccups

Pinch and press the tip of the middle finger: Use your left and right fingers respectively to pinch the top of the middle finger hard. After about 1 to 2 minutes, the hiccups will be stopped. Remember to use appropriate force and maintain the pain for about 1-2 minutes.

Pinch and press the Neiguan point: The Neiguan point is about three horizontal fingers above the wrist. There will be obvious soreness when pressing the point. Press it for 1-2 minutes on each side as above.

Breath holding technique can be used to treat continuous hiccups

Just hold your breath for 30 to 45 seconds, or prepare a clean chopstick and put it in your mouth, gently stimulate the upper 1/3 of your palate, and the hiccups will stop immediately. Because using chopsticks can stimulate the upper palate and induce the pharyngeal reflex, causing people to hold their breath suddenly, increasing the carbon dioxide concentration in the airway and thus interfering with the hiccuping nerve reflex. However, this method is not suitable for people with poor cardiopulmonary function.

If you keep hiccuping, you can use the paper bag breathing method

Cover your mouth and nose with a plastic bag, take 3 to 5 deep breaths, and repeatedly inhale the exhaled carbon dioxide to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, so as to regulate and suppress hiccups.

Can swallow sugar to treat constant hiccups

Take a spoonful of white sugar and swallow it dry (without water), and the hiccups will stop after a few minutes. The sugar in the mouth can change the original nerve beats and prevent the intermittent contraction of the diaphragm muscles.