• Question: what makes us hiccup

    Asked by rare520buss on 3 Apr 2025. This question was also asked by week520buss.
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      Jenny Murdoch answered on 3 Apr 2025:

      Hiccups happen when the diaphragm (the muscle that is at the bottom of your chest, and which helps you breathe) starts to contract in spasms. People think that hiccups happen when something has irritated the nerve that controls that muscle, making the muscle contract.

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