eMedicine: Hiccups (Health/Respiratory_Disorders)
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Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and... treatment of hiccups.Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle. As the muscle contracts repeatedly, the opening between your vocal cords snaps shut to check the inflow of air and makes the hiccup sound
Specializes in: hiccups hiccup hiccoughs diaphragm spasms contractions muscle...