Select a community
ALS including PLS and PMA
Find out more about the PatientsLikeMe
ALS Community
Home > Symptoms > Hiccups (hiccoughs) Symptom Report

See More Symptoms

See all 656 symptoms in the PatientsLikeMe system shared by patients just like you.

Hiccups (hiccoughs) Symptom Report

A hiccups (hiccough) is an involuntary spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, causing a beginning inhalation that is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis (middle part of the larynx, the area where the vocal cords) are located causing the characteristic hiccup sound. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Symptom Severities

Hiccups (hiccoughs) severity pie chart

Report created on March 21, 2010.