Hiccups

hiccups lasting for two days or more are no longer being. Instead, they often reflect disease in the stomach, brain, ear, or others.

Hiccups are often not painful. However, prolonged hiccups can hurt your chest, back, throat, and stomach. The three main causes are frequent muscle spasms, muscle strain, reflux of stomach acid.

Constant hiccups that last for 48 hours are considered chronic hiccups. Prolonged constant hiccups may reflect a disease affecting the nerves, muscles, or brain centers responsible for the hiccup reflex.

Hiccups are more frequent in newborns and babies. Don’t worry if hiccups occasionally come and go unless your baby vomits or experiences other severe symptoms.
On and off hiccups all day for several days is no longer benign and may reflect a disease.

Although hiccups are more common in terminally ill patients, No recorded case of direct death from hiccups.

Hiccups appear to result from the terminal illness, not a cause of it. Severe or prolonged hiccups may rarely cause serious complications such as heart arrhythmias and blood vessel rupture, but it is an extremely rare case.

Hundreds of years ago, There was a widespread belief that hiccups make children grow. However, there is no scientific evidence that hiccups make you grow taller nowadays.

Emotional reasons for hiccups include anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress syndrome stress, sudden intense emotions (excitement), somatization, and sometimes malingering.

In general, hiccup bouts last for a few minutes to a few hours. However, in rare cases, hiccups last more than two days (persistent hiccups) or even months or years (intractable hiccups).

Physical methods to stop hiccups instantly at home include breath-holding, sipping cold water, pitting lemon, and others.

Hiccups are either acute or chronic. Acute hiccups are more common and self limiting, while chronic hiccups are rare and often occurs secondary to a disease.