Hiccups are a normal physiological reaction, but continuous hiccups at inappropriate times and in inappropriate situations can be embarrassing. In class, in a meeting, in a quiet office, continuous hiccups and everyone turning their heads towards you is not a good feeling, it’s a little annoying. I’m here to tell you some ways to stop hiccuping to avoid your embarrassment.You should first find out why people burp, there is a horizontal partition between the chest cavity and the abdomen, also composed of muscle diaphragm, which has the role of separating the abdominal cavity from the chest cavity and also has the function of assisting breathing. When this diaphragm produces an abnormally strong contraction, it causes air to be suddenly sucked into the trachea, and because it is accompanied by the closing of the vocal cords, an erratic sound is produced.

Why does the diaphragm contract abnormally strongly? It starts with two nerves. The one that governs the diaphragm itself is the phrenic nerve; the one that innervates most of the internal organs in the chest and abdomen is the vagus nerve. If there is any adverse stimulus, such as eating too fast, eating something cold suddenly, inhaling a large mouthful of cold air into the wind, or eating too much or too much, the phrenic or vagus nerve can be stimulated, and as a result, through a series of complex neural reflexes, the diaphragm will contract abnormally strongly and hiccups will occur.

If hiccups persist, how to stop them, here are a few ways

1. Take a deep breath, then hold it for as long as possible, then exhale slowly and repeat several times to stop the hiccups.

2. Drink a mouthful of warm water, then hold it in your mouth and swallow it immediately when you are about to burp, and repeat several times to get results.

3. Stretch your tongue. If you have hiccups, you can put a clean piece of gauze on your tongue and then pinch your fingers to stretch your tongue outward, so that the hiccups will be eliminated naturally.

4. Drink a few sips of warm boiled water, swallow it slowly, and do a bend of 90 degrees 10 to 15 times. While bending, the viscera will also play a massage role on the diaphragm, relieving diaphragm spasm and achieving the purpose of stopping hiccups.

5, while the person with hiccups is not paying attention to slap his back, sometimes can also stop hiccups. This is because shock, as a strong emotional stimulus, can be transmitted through the cerebral cortex to the center to suppress diaphragmatic spasms. However, it should be used with caution for children, hypertension, and patients.

Well these are some of the ways to stop hiccups, and you can use them the next time you have persistent hiccups. However, if you have been hiccuping a lot for a long time, you may have some medical conditions that need to be taken seriously.