According to scientists, hiccups in babies should not cause anxiety in parents.

Specialists from the UK found out what role hiccups play in the development and formation of the child’s body, writes News Medical.

Scientists still can not figure out the main function of hiccups. However, babies begin to hiccup while still in the womb. This ability is activated from the 9th week of pregnancy and is an early sign of a developing fetus..

The study was based on data from thirteen infants born at different stages of pregnancy. Specialists used electroencephalography to analyze the relationship between brain activity and hiccups..

It turned out that when the muscles of the diaphragm contracted, a signal enters the cerebral cortex. Immediately after the hiccups a series of three large “brain vibrations” followed.. It is the latter that is involved in the formation of sound during hiccups.

Experts concluded: this is how a child develops brain connections, learns to control his own breathing and train his diaphragm. Experts have suggested that hiccups in an adult may be the usual reflex that has remained since infancy..

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