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- Hiccups - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Eating a large meal, drinking alcoholic or carbonated beverages, or getting excited suddenly may cause hiccups In some cases, hiccups may be a sign of an underlying medical issue For most people, hiccups usually last only a few minutes Rarely, hiccups may continue for months
- Hiccups - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Caused by spasms of your diaphragm that you can't control, hiccups are usually harmless Rarely, hiccups may be a sign of an underlying medical problem
- Hiccups: What causes them - Mayo Clinic
Hiccups: What causes them Spasms of your diaphragm that you can't control cause hiccups The diaphragm is the muscle that separates your chest from your stomach area and plays an important role in breathing This spasm causes your vocal cords to close briefly, producing a "hic" sound
- Mayo Clinic Minute: What causes hiccups?
Faking hiccups – including the "hic" sound – is pretty easy Getting rid of the real ones can be difficult "It’s all an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm, followed by closure of the vocal cords that leads to that characteristic sound," explains Dr Mark V Larson, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist
- Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Hiccups are a form of myoclonus, as are the sudden jerks or "sleep starts" that you may feel just before falling asleep These forms of myoclonus occur in healthy people and usually aren't serious
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) - Symptoms and causes
Gastroesophageal reflux disease happens when stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus and causes heartburn It's often called GERD for short This backwash is known as acid reflux, and it can irritate the lining of the esophagus Many people experience acid reflux now and then
- Have you ever had hiccups with or after chemotherapy?
Mayo Clinic investigators want to learn more about hiccups in people who are receiving cancer treatment and, if you have experienced hiccups, how they may have affected your quality of life So, whether you’ve had hiccups or not, we asked Connect members to take part in a survey
- Hiccups burping - Mayo Clinic Connect
I assume the person you are caring for is experiencing prolonged episodes of hiccups and burping That must be very uncomfortable for them and worrisome for you
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