What is the biological use of hiccups?!


Question: What is the biological use of hiccups!?
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It's kind of like a little electrical mistake !.!.!.like when you get a tick under your eye!. I'm not sure all hiccups have a use but I know that cold aerated drinks send me off as well as chillies (which eventually come back up!) so maybe it's your brain telling your diaphragm to get rid of something

I was looking at referred pain the other day which seems to have something to do with the proximity of nerves connecting to the spine !.!.!.sometimes the signal gets confused and the pain appears to come from the wrong place!. Maybe Hiccups are like this in reverse !.!.!.like perhaps the brain is sending a little electrical message to your heart (for example) and it accidentally triggers a muscle movement in your diaphragm

Our puppy got the hiccups quite often when she was very young but seems to have entirely grown out of it so maybe its a physical response our nervous system learns not to do like punching yourself in the face or flailing your arms and legs uncontrollably !.!.!.every now and then it reverts to the default like when you accidentally miss your mouth when drinking or choke on your food or trip going up stairs

Thanks for the excellent question
!.!.!.it's really got me thinking (c;Www@Answer-Health@Com

While many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, being hungry for long, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, belching, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, drinking alcoholic beverages in excess, crying out loud (sobbing causes air to enter the stomach), some smoking situations where abnormal inhalation can occur (in tobacco or other smoke like cannabis, perhaps triggered by precursors to coughing), electrolyte imbalance, talking too long, clearing the throat, or from lack of vitamins!. Hiccups may be caused by pressure to the phrenic nerve by other anatomical structures, or having the sensation that there is food in the esophagus, rarely by tumors and certain kidney disease!. The American Cancer Society reports that 30% of chemotherapy patients suffer singultus as a side effect of treatment!. in short terms , hiccups are meant to keep air from getting stuck in the esophogas(spelling!?) , and stomach!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

to get the air out of your throat i, but sometimes i think hiccups last way to longWww@Answer-Health@Com





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