Older people with constant hiccups may be related to physical factors, chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis and other causes. Hiccups medically known as hiccups, is a very common symptom of digestive system stimulation, the elderly always appear hiccups, numerous reasons. 1. Physiological factors: Dietary cold or cold, etc. may cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, followed by the occurrence of hiccups. 2. Chronic gastritis: mainly manifested as symptoms of indigestion, such as epigastric pain, abdominal distension, postprandial fullness, early satiety, belching, nausea and vomiting. In chronic gastritis, stomach peristalsis is slow, food can not be fully digested and absorbed, which will easily lead to flatulence and thus the symptoms of eructation. 3. Reflux esophagitis: esophagitis symptoms are acid reflux, heartburn, swallowing disorders, pain, etc. When the patient’s disease attack stomach acid, bile, pancreatic fluid reflux into the esophagus, it will cause esophagus, diaphragm spasms, and the emergence of hiccups. The elderly hiccups need to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of hiccups, and timely symptomatic treatment, please do not take medication on your own, so as not to delay the condition.