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Tag Archives: the reflex to hiccup doesn’t protect the airway or throat.

Why Do We Hiccup?

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Editor

For adults, hiccups are just a nuisance. But they may help babies learn to breathe.

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Posted in Alternative Medicine, E Patient Health Care, Human Behavior, Introducing, Lifestyle Health, Medical Studies, Tele-Medicine | Tagged Because hiccupping closes the airway- it has no respiratory function, Clinical Neurophysiology, he neural circuitry for [hiccuping] persists and it's buried in the brainstem, hiccupping may help a fetus in utero learn to breathe., Hiccups are a reflex, Hiccups are a reflex-analogous to the jerk reflex produced when a doctor hits your knee with a hammer., hiccups are essentially useless in adults, said Dr. Peter Kahrilas, the reflex to hiccup doesn't protect the airway or throat., Why Do We Hiccup?, You might find yourself hiccuping after a holiday meal or a glass of wine

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