Will someone please explain hiccups to me?

Question

How do they start and how do they work?

Answer 1

The part to blame is your diaphragm. This is a dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of your chest, and all hiccups start here.

The diaphragm almost always works perfectly. When you inhale, it pulls down to help pull air into the lungs. When you exhale, it pushes up to help push air out of the lungs. But sometimes the diaphragm becomes irritated. When this happens, it pulls down in a jerky way, which makes you suck air into your throat suddenly. When the air rushing in hits your voice box, you're left with a big hiccup.

Some things that irritate the diaphragm are eating too quickly or too much, an irritation in the stomach or the throat, or feeling nervous or excited. Almost all cases of the hiccups last only a few minutes. Some cases of the hiccups can last for days or weeks, but this is very unusual, and it's usually a sign of another medical problem.

You've probably heard lots of suggestions for how to get rid of hiccups, and maybe you've even tried a few. Holding your breath and counting to 10 is one way some people can get rid of their hiccups. Other people say that drinking from the "wrong" side of a glass of water is the way to become hiccup-free.

Putting sugar under your tongue might work, too. And maybe the most famous treatment - having someone jump out and scare you when you're not expecting it - helps some people wave good-bye to their hiccups. Personally, I take a shot of lemon juice, works everytime!

Answer 2

hiccups start when your intestines get irritated -- often by indigestion. The diaphragm gets irritated because it is touching the intestines and your breathing becomes uncoordinated. Breathing is a reflex (meaning a person doesn't have to think about breathing in and out) but when it is uncoordinated, you get hiccups -- an eratic spasm of the diaphragm.

Answer 3

i cant answer your second question because hiccups manifest themselves in nature just like the dinosaur egg nobody knows its existence
hicups disobey the very important law "energy can be dispaced in the form of heat"
hiccups can generally be countered by having three tea spoons of solid water

Answer 4

I believe they are involuntary spasms in your diaphragm. There's nothing you can do to stop these, it's just something that happens. Most "episodes" won't last more than a few minutes and are annoying, but not dangerous.