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    Ask DR PHILIPPA

    Feb 04, 2020 2 minutes

    Dealing with hiccups

    Q I get hiccups all the time, especially after drinking fizzy drinks. What are hiccups and why do they happen?

    Philippa says

    A Hiccups are extremely common, if often extremely annoying! They are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, the sheet of muscle underneath your lungs involved in breathing. If the diaphragm is irritated for some reason, for

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