There is no old man old hiccups to be alert to which four kinds of disease, hiccups may be cold, dietary disorders and other physiological factors, but also gastrointestinal diseases, brain diseases, mediastinal diseases and so on. 1. Physiological factors: when the old man is cold, overeating, eating too fast or eating cold, spicy and other stimulating food, can lead to diaphragm stimulation and spasm, the symptoms of old hiccups. 2. Gastrointestinal diseases: when the patient has gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastric dysfunction, gastric power, gastric cancer and other diseases, there will be old hiccups, which will be accompanied by abdominal pain and bloating, nausea and vomiting, regurgitation and belching and so on. 3. Brain diseases: when suffering from meningitis, stroke, intracranial infection, intracranial tumor and other diseases, it will lead to phrenic nerve stimulation, diaphragmatic spasm, and hiccups. At this time, the patient will also be accompanied by fever and chills, neck stiffness, headache, vomiting, consciousness disorder and other symptoms. 4. Mediastinal diseases: such as mediastinal tumor, pneumonia, pericarditis, myocardial infarction and other diseases, will stimulate the phrenic nerve, so that the diaphragm spasm, resulting in old hiccups. In addition, uremia, alcoholism, esophageal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer and other diseases will also lead to old hiccups. Therefore, if the elderly have old hiccups, it is recommended to seek timely medical treatment to identify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment to avoid delaying the condition.