Customer question:
I often get hiccups - what could this mean? Anonymous customer's question
Pharmacist's answer:
Frequent hiccups can be caused by a variety of factors, including the following:
- Eating or drinking quickly: Swallowing air while eating or drinking quickly can cause hiccups.
- Overeating: too much food in the stomach can pressure the diaphragm and cause hiccups.
- Drinking fizzy drinks: drinking fizzy drinks can cause air to enter the digestive system, causing hiccups.
- Exposure to stress or emotional arousal: Stress or emotional arousal can affect the respiratory centers in the brain and cause hiccups.
- Drinking alcohol: alcohol can irritate the diaphragm and cause hiccups.
- Temperature changes in the stomach: quickly transitioning from cold to warm food or drink can cause hiccups.
Usually, these causes are temporary, and the hiccups go away independently. However, consult your doctor if the hiccups last a long time, are frequent, or cause severe discomfort. In rare cases, chronic hiccups may indicate an underlying health problem, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), certain neurological disorders, or other illnesses.
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