What are the symptoms of diaphragm spasm?

Diaphragm spasm is hiccups and gastric neurosis. The glottis suddenly closes while breathing, causing a burping sound. If the situation is not serious, it is usually continuous hiccups, which is quite uncomfortable. If the situation is serious, there will be symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating. Some people even have symptoms of incontinence.

1. It is more common in young and middle-aged people, and more common in women than in men. Common triggers include eating too cold, too hot, or too spicy food, or being depressed or angry.

2. The main symptom is hiccups, which are frequent and persistent and cannot be controlled. It may be accompanied by vomiting, emotional tension, pain in the chest, diaphragm, abdomen, or belching, poor appetite, and even anorexia or refusal to eat, insomnia, etc.

3. Occasional hiccups, or hiccups when a person is critically ill and his stomach qi is about to be exhausted, are both short-term symptoms and are not classified as hiccups.

4. X-ray barium meal and gastroscopy showed no signs of organic lesions.