Often modern people do not pay attention tominor body signals indicating that a physiological malfunction occurs within it, which can be the result of very serious diseases. Even seemingly innocuous hiccups can be a sign of so many ailments.
Hiccup is a sudden respiratory disorder.process, which occurs in the upper respiratory organs with the contraction of the diaphragm, manifested by unpleasant shocks. The diaphragm is a muscle that a person cannot influence with the mind. Its reduction depends on the full health of the autonomic nervous system.
In medical practice, hiccups is called crampaperture. During hiccups, the volume of the lungs increases, the chest instantly changes the volume, it is difficult to get air into the pulmonary sinuses, irritated laryngeal mucosa affects the closure of the glottis, and this creates an “infrared”.
The following factors cause hiccups:
- hypothermia, especially prone to infants;
- alcohol intoxication, accompanied by an excess of alcohol in the body - food poisoning;
- overeating, in which the stomach is stretched;
- irritation of the nerve endings of the diaphragm itself;
- strong thirst;
- hunger, dry food;
- quick meal;
- excitement and experience;
- stressful situations;
- feeling of strong fear and new unknown sensations;
- the development of primary and middle stage diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous, as well as the digestive systems, inflammatory processes.
Сокращение диафрагмы может быть кратковременным, just a few minutes, and may last for several days. Depending on the duration of hiccups, the following types of this physiological process of the body are distinguished:
- central - depends on the health of the centralnervous system, hiccups do not pass a few days due to the development of diseases such as meningitis, encephalitis, inflammatory processes of the cerebral cortex;
- peripheral - the result of violations of the physiological structure of the phrenic nerve;
- toxic - can be caused by poisoning with drugs that excite the nerve endings of the larynx.
If the hiccups do not pass several days, you needfind out the cause of its occurrence. And only a doctor can do this. This process is called diagnosing hiccups. To do this, the patient is scheduled to undergo several tests, including a blood test for possible signs of kidney disease, infections, diabetes, esophageal examination with endoscopic medical devices, and diaphragm examination with X-rays for various pathologies and deformities.
If self-hiccups do not pass for several days, it is impossible to delay the diagnosis. The sooner the reason becomes clear, the less risk there will be for a long time in a hospital bed.
Such a modern process of testing the body, like tomography, helps in a matter of minutes to examine the patient's body and identify all the causes of hiccups as such.
Hiccups tend to cause physical discomfort, because during this phenomenon it is difficult to speak, eat food and even breathe in the right rhythm.
Hiccups are faced by children of any age, butespecially parents anxious when the baby begins to make unusual sounds. The kid can freeze, or overeat, or be frightened by loud sounds that are still unfamiliar to him.
Many young parents get scared at the same timehiccups and regurgitation, which are a direct sign of overeating, because the infant's intestines are only learning to perceive food as such, and all these processes are temporary, the newly made mothers forget about them only a year after the baby is born.
The causes of the phenomenon when hiccups do not pass for several days in infants may be pathological physiological abnormalities of the respiratory tract and diaphragm.
In older children, hiccups can be caused by fears, suspicious feelings. Prolonged hiccups can be a direct sign of the presence of worms in the child’s body.
Hiccup can be a precursor to vomiting. So, often these two signs appear during acetonomic syndrome in children of preschool age.
Adult hiccups may be the result ofdiseases in childhood. If the five-minute “Ik” passes just as suddenly as it appeared, then this does not cause any concern, but if it doesn’t take a hiccup for a long time, you should take a closer look at your general well-being. If children have a minor problem of overeating and cold, they cause hiccups, then in people of mature age this problem may be associated with diseases of the heart, nervous system and respiratory system.
With the course of pregnancy does not take longhiccups due to the fears of the future mother before giving birth. During the entire period of carrying a baby, she is under psychological stress, attuning herself to a certain way of her new state of health.
The reason why the hiccups do not pass quicklypregnant women, is the proximity of the chest and abdomen. The physiological structure of the woman changes, the abdominal muscles stretch, due to which you can feel pain in the ribs.
Since hiccups cause discomfort inmoments of contacting a person with undue attention, you just need to get air into your lungs and hold him back as far as you can, if necessary repeat it several times.
These actions help in the short-term manifestation of this state.
Однозначного метода лечения икоты не существует.If this phenomenon is associated with impaired health, then only specialists can indicate what to do to get hiccups, depending on the diagnosis, they can prescribe the use of such drugs as Haloperidol, Circul, Pipolfen, Finlepsin , Scopolamine, Difenin.
If the day does not pass hiccups, and do not helpno drugs, doctors seek to stop the spasm of the diaphragm by blocking its nerve endings with novocaine. The so-called Vishnevsky method is applicable in the most serious cases and is performed surgically. This method improves the functional properties of the nervous system.
So what to do to get the hiccups off? In cases of serious prophylactic diagnosesIt is considered the elimination of the causes of hiccups, or rather, ridding the body of the causative agents of such diseases as meningitis, encephalitis, bone and brain tumors, stomach ulcers and gastritis.
An excellent preventive effect on the diaphragm has a sweet drink or taking pure glucose.
Ни в коем случае нельзя для остановки икоты to frighten children, since this seemingly innocuous action can turn into a constant stutter, which is a more serious problem than a repetitive “ik” for several minutes.
There is no hiccups, what to do? You can use the following folk remedies:
- To stop the hiccups, you need to straighten the diaphragm, and it helps to take a deep breath in a standing position, after which you need to sit down and lean forward;
- very effectively affects the termination of hiccups intake of one teaspoon of sugar, which is not necessary to drink with anything;
- if you drink a gulp of a glass of water in one breath, there is also a positive effect;
- helps in many cases lying on one side for half an hour;
- cold compress on the throat is also characterized by a positive effect on the hiccup stop;
- affects hiccups and warming with mustard plaster of the throat area;
- ingestion of spicy food gets rid of trouble very quickly;
- helps gymnastics - you need to raise hands alternately up and at the same time breathe deeply and slowly;
- from the hiccups helps a warm infusion of water and bay leaf;
- it is very useful and effective to drink chamomile tea, which has a property of influence on the nerve endings;
- sneezing caused by fragrant pepper perfectly helps.
Popular methods can only temporarily get rid ofthe ductile process of the diaphragm and more used for short-term symptoms. If hiccups are accompanied by cough, excessive salivation, pain in the dorsal part or chest, you should not hesitate to visit a doctor.
It is interesting to know that, apart from temporary short andprolonged types of illness, in rare cases, and congenital, pathological hiccups, which is almost impossible to get rid of. But even with such a diagnosis, people are able to live.
Always evaluate your well-being, if there is no pain, and the process is not long, when it is very difficult to fight on your own, then there is no need to worry.
