hiccup

@mariner68 (1276)
India
January 18, 2007 12:11pm CST
why do we sometimes hiccup after eating spicy food?
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3 responses
• United States
18 Jan 07
check this out - it doesn't talk about spicy foods in particular but it does explain why we hiccup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hiccup
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@xXmeganxX (4417)
22 Jan 07
i always seem to get the hiccups off chilli sauce, but when i eat green chilli's, i don't it seems unreal to be honest!
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
22 Jan 07
Because spicy food irritate our digestive system and some of the acid is back up into our digestive system, hiccups is the result of that.