Sleeping on your back will hiccup mainly because the stomach is squeezed, gastrointestinal tract peristalsis ability to reduce, chronic gastritis and other reasons.
1. The stomach is squeezed: when sleeping on the stomach, the abdominal muscles will produce a squeeze on the stomach, making the stomach volume smaller, the gas in the stomach will be squeezed out, then there will be hiccups.
2. Reduced peristalsis: If the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract is reduced, it will lead to indigestion, and the stomach contents can not be digested in time, which may lead to gastric smooth muscle spasm, and hiccups occur when sleeping on the stomach.
3. Chronic gastritis: when the infection of Helicobacter pylori, physical or chemical factors on the gastric mucosa stimulation, will lead to chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa, this time the stomach’s digestive and emptying function is affected, the food is stagnant in the stomach, the production of gas increased, the symptom of hiccups while sleeping on the stomach.
Sleeping on your back hiccups may be caused by other reasons, if the symptoms worsen, it is recommended to go to the hospital to find out the cause of the disease, for professional treatment.