Hiccups in small babies may be related to air entering the stomach, imperfect development of the diaphragm, chronic gastritis and other reasons.
1. Air entering the stomach: Parents feeding babies with improper posture or using soothers for babies may cause a lot of air to enter the stomach, which may cause babies to hiccup. Therefore, parents should feed their babies properly and burp them after drinking milk.
2. Imperfect development of the diaphragm: the baby’s diaphragm is not yet well developed, easy to diaphragm spasm, hiccups occur.
3. Chronic gastritis: if your baby has gastritis, the inflammation can stimulate the vagus nerve, leading to reflex eructation (hiccups), i.e. hiccups. At this time the baby may also have a lack of appetite, acid reflux and other symptoms.
Little baby hiccups, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.