How to treat hiccups

Hiccups are medically called hiccups, and medications are often used to treat hiccups. Common medications include gastrointestinal stimulants such as mosapride, calcium antagonists such as nifedipine, and chlorpromazine. 1. Gastrointestinal dynamics drugs: gastrointestinal dysfunction can make the air in the stomach accumulation and thus cause hiccups. Most of them are accompanied by gastrointestinal insufficiency of power, use gastrointestinal power drugs as appropriate, so as to increase gastric contraction force, promote gastric emptying, to achieve the purpose of relieving hiccups. Gastrointestinal power can choose cisapride, mosapride, domperidone and so on. 2. Calcium antagonist: intracranial diseases such as cerebrovascular disease can often lead to neurogenic hiccups, calcium channel blockers can be used to relieve vasospasm. Commonly used such as nifedipine, amlodipine, nimodipine and so on. 3. Chlorpromazine: long-term hiccups may affect the patient’s normal social activities. For patients with persistent hiccups, chlorpromazine can be used for treatment. Adverse effects such as dry mouth, epigastric discomfort, lack of appetite, fatigue and drowsiness are common. Hiccups can also occur in normal healthy people after meals and alcohol, and usually require no specific treatment. Breath holding, deep breathing, and pressure on the supraorbital nerve can be used to relieve hiccups. If it is caused by indigestion, etc., lifestyle changes can be made. If you feel unwell, you need to improve the relevant examination under the guidance of a doctor to clarify the diagnosis and standardize the treatment to avoid delaying the condition.