You get hiccups when you eat very quickly or consume too many fatty foods or carbonated beverages. Hiccups happen as a result of ingestion of air. Hiccups are basically your body’s reflex to prevent choking. Some other possible causes of hiccups include certain medications inhalation of dangerous fumes brain tumors associated with the brain stem and strokes anxiety and stress chronic medical issues such as renal failure brain diseases such as meningitis encephalitis and trauma to the brain. In most people it is the faulty eating and food habits that irritate the diaphragm. Sometimes hiccups can last for a very
