Hiccups three or four times a day, a long duration and difficult to stop eating, the number of times, is not a normal phenomenon, may be associated with poor diet, digestive diseases. 1. Poor diet: hiccups in general is a normal physiological response, but if three or four times a day is relatively high, this situation is mostly due to poor dietary habits, such as eating a large number of beans, leeks, carbonated beverages and other easy-to-produce food, resulting in more gas in the stomach, or eating, laughing, eating too fast and other bad dietary habits, will cause frequent hiccups phenomenon. 2. Digestive tract diseases: If the patient has normal diet and hiccups three or four times a day for a long period of time, it may be related to digestive tract diseases, such as diaphragmatic spasm, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and other diseases, which may cause frequent hiccups, and accompanied by symptoms such as heartburn, stomach pain, weight loss, etc., which need to be timely medical attention. 3. Neurological and psychiatric factors: If the patient is nervous, stressed, or the peripheral nerves, vagus nerve stimulation, as well as central system diseases, it can also cause frequent hiccups, persistent hiccups. If the patient often hiccups three or four times a day, we should first adjust the diet and habits, if the symptoms are not relieved, then we should go to the hospital for relevant examinations, to clarify the cause of the disease and active treatment.