Hiccups in infants may be caused by physiological factors such as improper feeding and overfeeding, as well as indigestion, intracranial tumors, and other diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux.
1. Physiological factors: If the baby is not allowed to hold all the nipple and areola when feeding, it may cause the baby to swallow too much air, and then the baby will have hiccups. In addition, excessive feeding may stimulate the phrenic nerve and induce hiccups. These are normal physiological phenomena and do not require treatment.
2. Dyspepsia: dyspepsia is considered to be caused by abnormal visceral sensation, Helicobacter pylori infection, psychological factors and so on. If the infant has indigestion, it will appear fullness after meals, early satiety, epigastric pain and other manifestations. If there is too much gas in the gastrointestinal tract it may irritate the diaphragm and the patient will show hiccups. Therefore, babies with dyspepsia will show hiccups.
3. Intracranial tumor: intracranial tumor may lead to compression of cerebral nerves, which will easily cause the loss of inhibition of the reflex arc of eructation (hiccups), which will make the patient have hiccups. If infants have intracranial tumors, they will have hiccups.
4. Other: infants hiccups are also considered to be caused by gastroesophageal reflux, pleurisy, meningitis and other diseases.
Infants hiccups may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.