My hiccups always hurt. Why does my body have an internal fist it can use to repeatedly punch me in the stomach?
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solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 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
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You know what you did
Thavron@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I think your diaphragm is more like a fist punching you in the lower lungs.
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Best answer, thank you!
Zelaf@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
I’m imagining someone forcefully hiccuping and burping infront of their computer and then slowly looking into the distance to reflect about it repeatedly.