Old hiccups may be indigestion, diaphragmatic spasm, gastrointestinal neurosis, reflux esophagitis, etc. Treatment includes drinking warm water, massaging the abdomen, using medication to assist in treatment, and surgery.
1. Diaphragmatic spasm: It may be caused by eating too fast, too much stomach contents causing diaphragmatic spasm, or inhaling cold air causing diaphragmatic spasm. Generally, it can be cured by itself. You can use hotter water to apply hot compresses on the abdomen to relieve diaphragmatic spasm.
2. Indigestion: it may be indigestion caused by gastrointestinal inflammation, which makes gastrointestinal dysfunction and causes hiccups. You can go to the hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and standardize the treatment according to the situation. Follow the doctor’s instructions to use compound digestive enzymes, domperidone and other treatment.
3. Gastrointestinal neurosis: patients with gastrointestinal neurosis, gastrointestinal peristalsis is weakened, causing diaphragmatic spasm, hiccups. You can use psychoactive drugs such as paroxetine and intestinal probiotics such as bifidobacteria to regulate the microenvironment of the gastrointestinal tract under the guidance of a doctor, and you can also receive professional consultation and treatment from a psychiatrist.
4. Reflux esophagitis: the contents of the stomach or duodenum reflux into the esophagus, causing lesions of the esophageal mucosa, irritating the esophagus and causing hiccups. The patient can take acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole to inhibit the secretion of gastric acid and gastrointestinal stimulants such as domperidone to promote gastric emptying as prescribed by the doctor. If necessary, surgical treatment such as fundoplication is needed.
Old hiccups may also be caused by other factors, need to consult the doctor in time, for the cause of treatment.