What causes bloating and hiccups? How to treat stomach bloating and hiccups?

Hiccups are a normal physiological phenomenon, usually caused by spasm and contraction of the diaphragm. However, if you often suffer from stomach bloating and hiccups, you should be careful whether you have a disease. So what are the specific causes of stomach bloating and hiccups?

Causes of stomach bloating and hiccups

1. Mental and emotional influences, such as worry, anger, anxiety, etc.

2. Improper diet, eating raw or cold fruits or sticky and difficult to digest foods, which will damage the spleen and stomach.

3. Drinking too little water or eating too little fiber food can cause constipation and bloating.

4. Abnormal lifestyle. It may also cause the intestines to be too hungry or too full due to regular and quantitative eating, leading to abnormal intestinal movements, which can overload the gastrointestinal tract in the long run.

5. Excessive stress directly affects physiological functions, resulting in abnormal intestinal function.

How to treat stomach bloating and hiccups

1. Take a deep breath

If you have hiccups while eating, you can stop eating and take a few deep breaths. The hiccups will usually stop in a short time.

2. Acupressure

When hiccups occur frequently, you can press the "Shao Shang" points on both sides with your fingers or ask someone else to press them. The "Shao Shang" point is located on the radial side of the root of the thumb nail, about 0.6 cm away from the edge of the nail, at the junction of the black and white flesh. When pressing, a certain amount of force should be used to make the patient feel obvious pain. The patient can perform compression by alternating hands.

3. Massage

Take a thin stick, wrap one end with cotton (if there is no stick at hand, you can use the thin end of a bamboo chopstick wrapped with cotton instead), put it into the patient's mouth, and use the soft end to massage a point on the midline of the anterior soft palate. This point is located just slightly behind the junction of the hard and soft palate. Generally, one minute of massage can effectively control hiccups.

4. Bend over to drink water

When you bend your body to 90 degrees, drink a few gulps of warm water. Since the stomach is closer to the diaphragm, it can warm the diaphragm from the inside. When you bend over, your internal organs will also massage the diaphragm, relieving diaphragm spasms and instantly stopping hiccups.

5. Breath-holding

Simply hold your breath for 30 to 45 seconds, or take a clean chopstick and put it in your mouth, gently stimulate the back 1/3 of the upper palate, and the hiccups will stop immediately. However, people with poor cardiopulmonary function should use this method with caution.

6. Startle method

You can also stop the hiccups by patting the person on the back when they are not paying attention. Because fright, as a strong emotional stimulus, can be transmitted through the cortex to the subcutaneous center, inhibiting diaphragm spasm. However, people with high blood pressure or heart disease should use it with caution.