hiccups, why?
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Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle. As the muscle contracts repeatedly, the opening between your vocal cords snaps shut to check the inflow of air and makes the hiccup sound. Irritation of the nerves that extend from the neck to the chest can cause hiccups.
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There's air inside you
hmmmmm.go back to the doc and see if something's up?
its because your not breathing anof just take a breath beofore and after you eat or drink its what i have to do
Hiccups can be fatal if you keep them a lot. You need to see a specialist in the GI range and get both problems treated before you end up seriously ill.
A hiccup is a spasm of your diaphragm. If you can focus yourself on something else, they will go away. It works really well if someone offers you money to hiccup one more time. You never will.
hiccups are due to gastroesophageal irritation, that valve that's between your esophagus and your stomach. Air can irritate, carbonated beverages, spicy foods, or it could be from your stomach's contents. I get it from laughing too hard sometimes. There's a sort of shut off trigger at the roof of your mouth, drinking water upside down does the trick. I know it sounds funny, but try it!
Hiccups are caused by a sudden contraction of your diaphragm, which is the muscle in your abdomen that aids in respiration. They can be triggered by just about anything, but things involving your breathing are usually somehow involved -- for example, when you eat or drink, you suddenly stop breathing in order to swallow. I always hiccup a few times when I take a sip of a drink after not having had anything to drink for a while. And, sometimes, they just happen spontaneously -- this happens to almost everyone.
Your GI bleeding may have put stress on your abdomen in some way, causing it to contract more often, resulting in you having more hiccups.
Holding your breath and then breathing very deeply and slowly can help calm down the diaphragm -- and some people swear by drinking upside down from a glass, because it constricts your abdomen as well as shutting off your airways.
What works for me when I have a particularly annoying case of the hiccups is to lie on my back and alternate between holding my breath for several seconds and breathing very deeply and slowly.
If you practice relaxing your diaphragm before eating and drinking, you may also be able to "train" it to not contract.
Good luck!!
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