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Why do Hiccups Happen? Hiccups are often a nuisance and are very stubborn about going away. A hiccup is nothing more than spastic reaction of muscles convulsing caused by your diaphragm producing a “hic” sound. They are 99% of the time completely unharmful but on occasion can be painful and even in several cases, deadly. The diaphragm retracts when you inhale to get air to the lungs and pushes up to expel CO2 f