# What are hiccups

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**What are hiccups**

Hiccups are automatic contraction of the stomach — the muscle that isolates your chest from your mid-region and assumes a significant function in relaxing. Every constriction is trailed by an abrupt conclusion of your vocal strings, which delivers the trademark “hic” sound.

Hiccups may result from an enormous dinner, heavy drinker or carbonated refreshments or unexpected energy. Now and again, hiccups might be an indication of a basic ailment. For the vast majority, an episode of hiccups for the most part endures just a couple of moments. Seldom, hiccups may continue for quite a long time. This can bring about weight reduction and fatigue.

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Typically, the stomach, an dome shaped muscle between your lungs and stomach, pulls down when you breathe in to give air access to your lungs, and afterward loosens up when you breathe out so air can stream back out of your lungs to leave your nose and mouth.

Yet, on the off chance that something aggravates your stomach, it can fit, driving you to abruptly suck air into your throat, where it hits your voice box. That makes your vocal lines abruptly close, making the unmistakable “hic!” sound.

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