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Why does it burp? How can it be quickly suppressed

Sometimes drinking cold air, eating too fast will cause hiccups, a time can not be relieved, very uncomfortable, how to eliminate hiccups in a short time?

Hiccup (also known as hiccup) is a common physiological phenomenon in life. It is caused by the spasm and contraction of diaphragm (located between chest and abdominal cavity). It is often seen after eating too fast or full, or after the cold and hot stimulation of food.

Burping sound is urgent and short, 1-2 times less, lasting for 3-5 minutes. It's very embarrassing and painful that it can't even stop.

Speaking of this, there may be many people will associate with the quick stop secret collection of drinking water, holding breath and being scared circulated on the Internet. Are they all reliable?

Let's analyze it today.

Why do people burp?

Between our chest and abdomen, there is a thick muscular membrane called the diaphragm. Like other organs of the body, the diaphragm is also rich in nerve distribution and blood supply.

When a variety of factors (such as diet or cold and hot stimulation) stimulate the diaphragm, and transmit the stimulation signal to the brain, the brain will send out instructions to make the diaphragm contract, so there is a hiccup.

Which method can restrain belch quickly?

As we mentioned earlier, burping is a symptom caused by the excitation of the phrenic nerve and the continuous spasm and contraction of the muscle. Therefore, to suppress burping, we should start from these two aspects - that is, to suppress the nerve excitation and control the contraction of the diaphragm.

Fright: when frightened, the human body is highly tense, sympathetic nerve is excited, all forces are concentrated to deal with the crisis, and other unnecessary nerve excitement and muscle contraction will all stop. Of course, diaphragm contractions and hiccups also stop.

Suffocation: hiccups are mainly caused by the retraction of diaphragm muscles. The purpose of suffocation is to stretch the diaphragm, relieve the spasm of diaphragm, and then stop burping.

Drinking water: there is no scientific basis for drinking water to inhibit hiccups. On the contrary, drinking water when burping doesn't stop may cause choking or even suffocation. Don't try it rashly.

Note: the method of scaring and holding breath has certain effect on the rapid inhibition of burping, but it is not suitable for the elderly or the patients with heart disease to avoid danger.

Repeated and continuous burping may be a sign of disease

As we said before, under normal circumstances, hiccups, especially those that can't be stopped, must be caused by some stimulus, and will not happen for no reason.

So if your hiccups always happen for no reason, or often can't stop, you need to be alert to whether they are symptoms of disease.

Neuroscientist Diana Greene Chandos points out that hiccups that don't stop for no reason are very likely to be a sign of stroke, especially for older women. Tumor, digestive tract disease, nerve injury and even inner ear disease may also be the real cause of hiccups.