Hiccups are caused by spasms in your diaphragm, the large muscle just below your lungs. Some people have chronic hiccups that last for days, weeks, or years. Hiccups happen when your diaphragm ...

"A simple and effective way to stop the hiccups — drip lemon juice or lime juice into the back of the throat," he said in a recent video. "It’ll stop them almost immediately." The doctor, who has ...

Very few of us haven't experienced those strange sounds known as hiccups that sometimes escape our mouths without warning. It's an occurrence we frequently find funny when it happens to others, but it ...

No one is thrilled to get the hiccups — they're a nuisance and annoyingly disruptive. In some cases, though, hiccups can be wildly uncomfortable. So what's the deal? Why do your hiccups hurt sometimes ...

When it comes to getting rid of those pesky little diaphragm spasms we call hiccups, it seems everyone and their mother—literally—has a tried-and-true method. While some make sense from a medical ...

Newborn hiccups can come as a surprise for first time parents, but don’t panic. Hiccups in babies are normal and there is no need to stop them. In fact, experts suggest letting infant hiccups run ...

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a pandemic. Since then, COVID-19 has affected tens of millions of people around the world, ...

Eating spicy or acidic foods, drinking carbonated or alcoholic drinks, eating too much in one sitting, or eating too fast can all contribute to hiccups after eating. Everyone will experience hiccups ...

Think you can rely on just symptoms to diagnose a Covid-19 coronavrius infection? Well, here’s yet another hiccup in that plan. Or rather a bunch of hiccups. A case report recently published in the ...

Caught a bad case of the hiccups? Chances are you've already been offered 10 different ideas on how to get rid of them: a spoonful of sugar, drinking water from the wrong side of the cup, a series of ...

Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month. Intractable hiccups can occur more often than we realize and present to multiple medical disciplines, ...

Carbonation, irritation of the stomach, and overconsumption can all contribute to hiccups after drinking alcohol. Sipping cold water or practicing breathing techniques may help. Hiccups are ...