Differential diagnosis of hiccups are :
-stress
-excitement
-laughing
-alcohol ingestion
-sudden changes in temperature / hot then cold beverage / shower
-gastric distention due to air swallowing, carbonated beverage, overeating
-idiopathic
-psychogenic
-post operative
-general anesthesia
-pancreatitis
-pancreatic malignancy
-gastric carcinoma
-gastric distention
-cholecystitis
-hepatitis
-subphrenic abscess
-pneumonia
-reflux esophangitis
-esophageal obstruction
-aneurysm
-pericarditis
-myocardial infarction
-neoplasm
-empyema
-pneumonia
-goiter
-vagus nerve irritation
-phrenic nerve irritation
-uremia
-hypocapnia
-hyperventilation
- stroke
-trauma to the head
-CNS infection
-CNS neoplasm
-stress
-excitement
-laughing
-alcohol ingestion
-sudden changes in temperature / hot then cold beverage / shower
-gastric distention due to air swallowing, carbonated beverage, overeating
-idiopathic
-psychogenic
-post operative
-general anesthesia
-pancreatitis
-pancreatic malignancy
-gastric carcinoma
-gastric distention
-cholecystitis
-hepatitis
-subphrenic abscess
-pneumonia
-reflux esophangitis
-esophageal obstruction
-aneurysm
-pericarditis
-myocardial infarction
-neoplasm
-empyema
-pneumonia
-goiter
-vagus nerve irritation
-phrenic nerve irritation
-uremia
-hypocapnia
-hyperventilation
- stroke
-trauma to the head
-CNS infection
-CNS neoplasm