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Dear doctors, why i always had a hiccups after get a cough, even a mild one. thanks?

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Dr. Mark Loury answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Diaphragm irritation: The hiccups come from rapid contraction of the diaphragm. This muscle also contracts during a cough so perhaps the cough irritates it. The cough may also aggravate gastric reflux which could also irritate the esophagus which runs thru the diaphragm.

Answered 4/20/2014

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A member asked:

Dear doctors, why i always had a hiccups after get a cough, even a mild one. thanks?

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Dr. Mark Loury answered

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