Question

While eating, hiccups are because of:

• A. Spicy food
• B. Food particles which enter the wind pipe
• C. Food particles enter the food pipe
• D. Any infection in the throat

Answer 1

The correct option is B Food particles which enter the wind pipe

Hiccups occur due to hasty eating or wrong posture during the meal which allows the food particles to enter the windpipe. The windpipe carries air from the nostrils to the lungs. It runs adjacent to the food pipe. But inside the throat, air and food share a common passage. During the act of swallowing a flap-like valve closes the passage of the windpipe and guides the food into the food pipe. If by chance,food particles enter the windpipe, hiccups can be experienced.

So, the correct answer is option B.