Is hiccups a stomach ailment?

Hiccup is hiccup, hiccup may be stomach disease, but do not rule out other causes.

Patients with dyspepsia, gastritis, gastric ulcer and other stomach diseases, due to abnormal stomach function, food can not be digested and absorbed in time, can accumulate in the stomach to produce a large number of gas, causing hiccup phenomenon. But other factors can also cause this situation, such as drinking a lot of carbonated drinks, reflux esophagitis, intestinal obstruction, meningitis, brain tumor, etc. Therefore, can not be based solely on hiccup to judge stomach disease.

After the patient hiccup, you can carry out relevant examinations to clarify the cause, such as physical examination, upper digestive tract barium meal examination, abdominal ultrasound examination, etc.