Best answer, thank you!
Comment on How come neither burps nor hiccups are usually painful, but a combination of both is?
solidgrue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
When you burp, your stomach contracts and your esophagus relaxes, allowing air to expel. When you hiccup, your diaphragm contracts, and your esophagus relaxes. I dunno. Kinda. I’m mock-hiccupping abs burping as I type this and that seems to be what’s going on).
When all three contract, everything jams up, and that hurts.
Cool story time: Sometimes I hiccup really hard and it’s kind of painful. Thanks for coming to my TED talk
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My hiccups always hurt. Why does my body have an internal fist it can use to repeatedly punch me in the stomach?
solidgrue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You know what you did
Thavron@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I think your diaphragm is more like a fist punching you in the lower lungs.