Excessive Hiccups

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Excessive hiccups. A bout of hiccups generally resolves itself without intervention although many home remedies are often used to attempt to shorten the duration. Other medications used to treat hiccups include haloperidol Haldol and metoclopramide Reglan. A hair or something else in your ear touching your eardrum A tumor cyst or goiter in your neck.

Hiccups also spelled hiccough are sudden involuntary contractions spasms of the diaphragm muscle. If your baby has hiccups while sleeping there is nothing you need to do. Although belching and hiccups are regarded as normal behaviors they can occur at high frequency or become persistent becoming bothersome and requiring medical care.

Chlorpromazine Thorazine is usually the first-line medication prescribed for hiccups. It marks the boundary between your chest and abdomen. However if it does bother you that your child is repeatedly having hiccups while sleeping try the following.

Excessive belching should be treated as a behavioral disorder. A hiccup is caused by an uncontrolled spasm of the diaphragm followed by the vocal cords closing quickly and making a distinctive sound. Hiccups are often rhythmic.

The rhythm of the hiccup or the time between hiccups tends to be relatively constant. Your diaphragm is the muscle just below your lungs. A cause of long-term hiccups is damage to or irritation of the vagus nerves or phrenic nerves which serve the diaphragm muscle.

The phrenic nerve which connects the neck to the diaphragm and vagus nerve which connects the brain to the stomach are important parts of the breathing process. Hiccups are rarely a cause for concern but if hiccups become frequent chronic and persistent lasting more than 3 hours if they affect sleeping patterns interfere with eating cause reflux of food or vomiting occur with severe abdominal pain fever shortness of breath spitting up blood or feeling as if the throat is going to close up see a doctor. Avoid carbonated beverages and gas-producing foods.