Why do I have hiccups after eating fatty foods?

@averygirl72 (38848)
Philippines
March 13, 2012 6:10pm CST
Honestly, I do not know exactly what causes hiccups. All I know when I have hiccups I will drink water and it will be relieved. For about 3 times I observed, I got hiccups after I ate something oily or fatty. Example, a dish with lots of oil like tinola soup with lots of chicken fats floating on the soup or I ate a fried pork skin. The more fats I ate the more terrible the hiccups but since i just eat them occasionally my hiccups are rare also.
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Professor2010
@Professor2010 (20156)
• India
18 Nov 12
LOL Hope you are ok now, it has so many reasons to trigger a hiccup, what you say might be one of that.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
For me it's the common reason.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
Definitely, I confirmed it today. I don't have hiccups for a long time and yesterday I ate a pack of pork fats and today I had terrible hiccup. Fats causes hiccups for me.
JenInTN
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
16 Mar 12
That's odd. I have got hiccups when I tried to eat too fast before but never really because of a certain type of food. It's funny how differently our bodies react to things.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
Never noticed that before. Hiccups are mysterious to me.
NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
14 Mar 12
I only get them when I eat food without drinking something if the food is too dry. I'm not sure what that means other than I could choke, ha. So I try to grab something to drink and they will stop most of the time.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
Without drinking something, maybe that is true.
TheIzers
@TheIzers (680)
•
14 Mar 12
It is possible that you are lactose intolerate. My daughter is lactose intolerate and she gets hiccup every time she take anything that contain fat.
aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
That is nice. Lactose intolerance, probably that causes hiccups. thanks.