What's wrong with sleeping on your stomach and waking up with crazy hiccups?

Sleep on your stomach and sleep crazy hiccups may be related to diaphragm pressure, gastrointestinal pressure, vagus nerve pressure and other factors.

1, diaphragm pressure

lying down to sleep, may produce pressure on the diaphragm, resulting in its normal function is affected. When waking up, diaphragm takes a period of time to restore normal contraction and relaxation function, may appear hiccups phenomenon.

2, gastrointestinal pressure lying down to

sleep, may also compress the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in gas and digestive fluid circulation blocked, so that gastric gas increased, hiccups symptoms.

3, vagus nerve pressure

lying down to sleep may also compress the vagus nerve, so that its excitability increased, resulting in hiccups.