Elderly people have hiccups all the time, which may be related to physiological factors, or may be caused by gastrointestinal diseases, intracranial lesions and other reasons. 1. Physiological factors: along with people’s age, the basic metabolic rate of the body of the elderly is gradually reduced, the gastrointestinal function is gradually weakened, the digestive ability is relatively poor, in the case of eating indigestible food or eating more, it may show the phenomenon of hiccups all the time. 2. Gastrointestinal diseases: if the elderly suffer from peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic gastritis and other diseases, it may lead to hiccups all the time, and may be accompanied by bloating, indigestion and other manifestations. 3. Intracranial lesions: If the elderly suffer from encephalitis, intracranial tumors, cerebral hemorrhage and other diseases, may lead to the patient’s phrenic nerve and vagus nerve stimulation, which may cause the elderly hiccups all the time. Elderly people have hiccups all the time, may also be caused by other reasons, exclude physiological factors, should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, after diagnosis of the cause, give targeted treatment and conditioning.