Hiccups typically occur between four to sixty times in a minute. Acute hiccups are common which start without any specific reason and go away in a few minutes. They often can be stopped by holding the breath or breathing into a paper bag. Chief neurology resident Stasia Rouse and Assistant professor Matthew Wodziak said Intractable hiccups can occur more often than we realize and present to multiple medical disciplines. Persistent hiccups (lasting longer than two days) and intractable hiccups (lasting longer than a month) generally are associated with underlying medical conditions. They interfere with eating socializing and sleeping and can
