What causes hiccups? What's with the hiccups?

Burping is a very common phenomenon. Many people will burp, but many people don't know what the cause is. Many people generally think that they will burp if they eat too much, but there are actually many reasons for burping. So what causes hiccups? What's with the hiccups?

1, caused by abdominal cold

If you don't pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm in cold weather or indulge in cold drinks in hot weather, it is easy to cause hiccups. This is due to the invasion of cold and hot qi into the body, which leads to the retrograde movement of qi in the body. In addition, we often say that "eating cold air" can also lead to hiccups.

2. Bad eating habits

People with bad eating habits, such as frequent wolfing, tend to burp. This is because when swallowing food, the food needs to pass through the esophagus and stimulate the diaphragm. The stimulation of swallowing food is much greater than that of people who chew slowly, leading to hiccups. In addition, eating cold and dry food often can also lead to hiccups.

There is too much air in the stomach

If the body inhales too much air, too much air will accumulate in the stomach, which will also lead to hiccups. The air in the stomach will stimulate the diaphragm sharply, leading to paroxysmal spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, which shows that people have been burping.

4. Eat too fast and too full

If you burp after a meal, it's probably because you eat too fast or eat too much while eating. Eating too fast and too fast can easily affect the chewing of food, leading to stomach discomfort and burping; And overeating is also easy to increase the burden on the stomach and cause hiccups. Especially for people with weak stomach, we must pay attention to chewing slowly, which will help to reduce the burden on the stomach and avoid burping.

5. Nervous snoring

Burping caused by mental stress can be considered because mental stress changes the secretion of some hormones and autonomic nervous function in the body, and the movement and secretion of gastrointestinal tract are weakened, leading to burping. Of course, if it is because of mental stress, it may also be because of mental stress leading to hiccups caused by mental stomach cramps.

6. Effects of gastrointestinal diseases

If the body suffers from gastritis or ulcer, it is easy to cause hiccups. If you find that you are prone to hiccups when eating, it is better to go to the hospital outpatient department for treatment. In addition, if you have other gastrointestinal diseases, it is easy to cause wandering, and phrenic nerve stimulation causes intractable hiccups.

7. Mitigation methods

1, water bending method

Take a few sips of warm water, swallow it slowly, and bend over 90 degrees 10 ~ 15 times. Because the stomach is close to the diaphragm, it can warm the diaphragm from the inside. When bending over, the internal organs will also massage the diaphragm to relieve the diaphragm spasm and achieve the purpose of stopping hiccups.

2. Tongue sticking method

When hiccups persist, put a clean gauze on your tongue, hold your tongue with your fingers and spread it out. At this point, you will feel the gas in your abdomen rising, and the hiccups will naturally disappear.

3. Take a deep breath.

For example, when you burp while eating, you can stop and take a few deep breaths, which can often be stopped in a short time.

When burping frequently, you can press the "Shaoshang" points on both sides with your fingers, or you can ask others. The "Shaoshang" acupoint is located on the radial side of the root of the thumb nail, about 0.6 cm away from the edge of the nail, at the junction of black and white meat. When pressing, use a certain force to make the patient feel obvious pain. The patient's self-compression can be performed alternately with both hands.

Step 4 hold your breath

Hold your breath directly for 30 -45 seconds, or put a clean chopstick in your mouth and gently stimulate 1/3 behind the upper jaw, and the hiccups will stop immediately. Because stimulating the upper jaw with chopsticks can induce pharyngeal reflex, which can make patients suddenly hold their breath and increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in the airway, thus interfering with the nerve reflex activity of hiccups. But people with poor cardiopulmonary function should use this method with caution.

The midline is a little bit, just behind the junction of soft and hard jaws. Generally, one minute of massage can effectively control hiccups.

5. scary methods

You can also stop burping by patting the burping person on the back when you are not paying attention. Because fright, as a strong emotional stimulus, can spread to the subcutaneous center through the cortex and inhibit diaphragm spasm. But patients with hypertension and heart disease should use it with caution.

6, paper bag expiratory method

Cover your nose and mouth with a small plastic bag and take a deep breath for 3 ~ 5 times. Repeated inhalation of exhaled carbon dioxide can increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood to regulate and inhibit hiccups.

7, sublingual sugar method

Eat a spoonful of sugar and dry your throat (without water), and you can stop burping in a few minutes. Sugar may change the original nerve impulse in the mouth and prevent the diaphragm from contracting intermittently.