What’s with the spicy hiccups?

Eating spicy hiccups is due to spicy food stimulation of diaphragm spasm, especially the presence of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and other gastric diseases will aggravate the condition. Spicy food is mainly composed of capsaicin, after entering the gastrointestinal tract, the gastrointestinal mucosa caused by stimulation, which leads to spasm of the diaphragm, hiccups. 1. Chronic gastritis: the disease itself has inflammatory changes in the gastric mucosa, after eating spicy food, it will aggravate the condition by stimulating the gastric mucosa, resulting in hiccups, acid reflux, heartburn, bloating, loss of appetite and other symptoms. 2. Peptic ulcer: the gastric mucosa itself exists ulcer surface, eating spicy food will increase the secretion of gastric acid, gastric acid stimulation of ulcer surface lesions, resulting in aggravation of the condition, hiccups, acid reflux, heartburn, stomach pain, and other symptoms. Eating spicy food hiccups, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to identify the cause of the treatment prescribed by the doctor, so as not to delay the condition.