how do the hickups form?

Question

i was wondering how do we get the hickups and why do they just pop up at such random times...

Answer 1

Nerve linings that get irritated when touhced by certain spices or foods and drinks

Answer 2

When you hiccup, your diaphragm involuntarily contracts. (The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen. It plays an extremely important role in breathing.) This contraction of the diaphragm then causes an immediate and brief closure of the vocal cords, which produces the characteristic sound of a hiccup.
What actually causes the hiccup is difficult to say -- in most instances, there is no obvious cause. Attacks of the hiccups seem to be associated with a few different things: eating or drinking too fast; being nervous or excited; and, having irritation in the stomach and/or throat. In some extremely rare cases, the underlying cause of hiccups can be pleurisy (inflammation of the membrane lining of the lungs and chest cavity), pneumonia, certain disorders of the stomach or esophagus, pancreatitis, alcoholism, and hepatitis. Any one of these conditions can cause irritation of the diaphragm or of the phrenic nerves that supply the diaphragm -- it's the irritation that causes the hiccups.

Still, the cause of most attacks of the hiccups remains a mystery. For the most part, hiccups are not significant or serious in any medical sense. Most bouts of the hiccups are brief, even though when you have the hiccups, they seem to last forever. In the rarest of all cases, an attack of the hiccups can last for a very long time (days) and lead to exhaustion. When this happens, it's possible that the person needs medical attention in order to "paralyze" the diaphragm and stop the hiccuping. Luckily, most cases of the hiccups can be "cured" by holding your breath!

Answer 3

Your diaphragm gets thrown off rhythm.

Long answer, as quoted:
A hiccup or hiccough (generally pronounced "HICK-cup" (IPA: [ˈhɪ.kəp]) independent of the spelling) is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" listen (help·info) noise. A bout of hiccups generally resolves by itself, although many home remedies are in circulation to shorten the duration, and medication is occasionally necessary. By extension, the term "hiccup" is also used to describe a small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. The medical term is singultus. The term singultus is becoming more popular as this condition is being recognized as a significant performance issue in the 21st century, with an increased emphasis on human communications[verification needed].

Answer 4

They are a central nervous system action. They begin in the brain. Brain initiated actions are hard to fathom since the brain is so interconnected. They can sometimes last a long time. Most folklore cures do not really work. If they last for days then certain medications will stop them. But that is only for extreme cases.

Answer 5

The hicups are caused by an irritation in the diapraghm. Usually they only last for a few minutes, but I think one case lasted two weeks.

Answer 6

I don't have the scientific explanation - but the simple crude version is this...,

Momma say da hiccups is caused by da Alligator. Da Alligator is da devil and makes us hiccups because da Alligator never gots to play foosball in school. M,m,m,Momma say never trust da devil.

Answer 7

If you drink less water than the required quantity.

Answer 8

eat really fast