The method involves stimulating the vagus nerve — the communication superhighway between your brain and major organs — in a ...

"What we call ‘the hiccups' are actually an involuntary muscle contraction of the diaphragm that occurs when the phrenic ...

Hiccups start when something irritates or overstimulates the phrenic nerves which control the diaphragm and/or the vagus nerve which runs throughout the body and services two tendonous structures ...

The entire process is governed by a reflex arc of the diaphragm, phrenic nerves, vagus nerve, and brainstem. Although the majority of hiccups are benign, intractable or recurring hiccups may be a ...

COVID-19 and pneumonia, whether caused by SARS-CoV-2 or another germ, may cause persistent hiccups by triggering inflammation that irritates the phrenic nerve, which sends motor signals to the ...