Why do you have these ..... belching, blinking, goose bumps, hiccup, ringing in the ears, snoring, and stomach rumbles?

Belching

You may swallow extra air into your stomach when you eat or drink very fast, talking while eating and drinking, consuming carbonized drink and using straw to drink. Belching is the normal way to force these excess air through the oesophagus and out of the mouth.

Blinking

You open and shut your eye-lids many times per minute with or without your knowledge and that is blinking. This action is to clean and moisten your eyes. Your eye-lids automatically close to protect your eyes from possible injury too. Also, your eye-lids and eye lashes work together to get rid of foreign particles out of your eyes.

Goose bumps

When you feel cold, your blood vessels become narrow as much as possible in order to keep the warm blood away from the surface of the skin and prevent losing body heat. Due to the reflex action, special tiny erectopili muscles lifted your hairs and your hair follicles stand out upright, forming goose bumps. They are so-called because they look like the skin of a plucked goose. Fear or anxiety may cause goose bumps in the same way.

Hiccup

When the intake of air is fast, the top of your oesophagus close down and then hiccup occurs. Your air intake may be accelerated if you drink alcohol or carbonated drinks or having sudden excitement or stress. Prolong hiccup can be the consequence of having tumour or an abscess near your oesophagus or heart.

Ringing in the ears

When the air pressure in your inner ear changes, there will be ringing in your ears. If you have an infection or weakened circulation to the inner ears, ringing will be persistent. In this case, ringing that is rapid and regular, distract, present only in one ear or combined with sudden loss of hearing may be seen.

Snoring

When the soft tissue in your mouth such as soft palate, tonsil and tongue base block the upper airway, you snore. Likewise, if you are overweight, your air way become too full with more soft tissue and trouble breathing, resulting snoring.

Stomach rumbles

It may be of two kinds: low-pitched and high-pitched. Low-pitched stomach rumble indicates that your intestinal muscles are contracting, ready to prepare food. While high-pitched sound signal that you have a bowel obstruction.

Posted by Jade Dame