Many people experience hiccups in their daily lives, and they are usually of no pathological significance if they have hiccups after consuming aerated beverages. However, if the hiccups are accompanied by symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn or epigastric pain with no apparent cause, it is important to be aware of the fact that the hiccups are not good.
1. Acid reflux, heartburn: hiccups, also known as belching (hiccups), if long-term belching accompanied by acid reflux, heartburn, lying down when the symptoms worsened, standing up when the symptoms are alleviated, consider the possibility of GERD, the hiccups at this time for the diagnosis of the disease will have a certain significance.
2. Epigastric pain: If long-term belching is accompanied by epigastric pain, it is considered gastric disease, which may be gastritis or gastric ulcer and other diseases, and should go to the hospital in time.
It is recommended that the patient go to the local regular hospital, improve the relevant examination, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.