beq45
04-01-20, 00:45
I am 28 and have had symptoms like hiccups and burps every day for close to a year now with varying frequency. I feel like I used to hiccup more than others to begin with, but now it's every day. It often feels like I have a bubble inside of me and that I need to burp or hiccups (or both back-to-back) to relieve the bubble. I think that these symptoms are aggravated by things like carbonation, but it's hard to tell for sure. Sometimes I will go most of the day without burping or hiccuping, while other days are worse. Also, I tend to have a lot of gurgling noises coming from my stomach, especially after I hiccup and others sometimes notice. Occasionally, I feel like my throat is closing up and that I will be unable to swallow food or drink water, but I actually am able to. I also have definitely noticed some occasional heartburn, but it doesn't seem to happen often. I can remember a few times waking up in the middle of the night with burning in my chest. I am hesitant to take any heartburn medication because of the issues with some of the ingredients in them.
Is this something relatively harmless like GERD or indigestion? I've seen that frequent hiccups can be a sign of cancer, MS, Parkinson's, or stroke and it's alarming to me that I just started hiccuping one day.
Is this something relatively harmless like GERD or indigestion? I've seen that frequent hiccups can be a sign of cancer, MS, Parkinson's, or stroke and it's alarming to me that I just started hiccuping one day.