- Eating food too quickly can cause a person to ingest a lot of air, thus
giving rise to hiccups.
- Eating too much, especially fatty foods or drinking excessive alcohol or carbonated
drinks can irritate the diaphragm. This makes it more likely to suffer from
hiccups.
- Brain tumors associated with the brain stem and strokes are also thought
to cause prolonged hiccups.
- Certain chronic medical issues such as renal failure have been said to cause
hiccups.
- Brain diseases such as meningitis, encephalitis, and trauma to the brain
is said to cause hiccups.
- Prolonged hiccups may follow after damage to the phrenic nerve or the
vagus nerve.
- Even Some medications are known to cause prolonged hiccups.Dangerous
fumes may also cause prolonged hiccups.
- Infants
commonly start hiccupping after coughing or crying.
- Lastly,
excessive anxiety and stressful situations can trigger long-term as well as
short-term hiccups.
- Raisins
- Dates
- Apricot
- Persimmon
- Mulberry
- Tomato
- Pomegranate
