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The teleopgical explanation tries to see beneficial purpose in a given phenomenon.

This jerky inspiratory effort asscoiated with closure of glottis, is opposite of jerky expiratory effort such as sneeze or cough, which are aimed at throwing out foreign material from the lungs.

The hiccups therefore appear to be efforts to jerkily bring in outside air, apparently to prevent possible collapse, as a result of the signal for the hiccup, which apears to be anything that mimicks the sudden collapse.

So it appears that, any stimulation of vagus or phrenic nerves or diaphragm itself; due to any pathology, when appears akin to beginning of the process of sudden collapse, the hiccups are generated.

Experiemntal verification may be done by simulating impending collapse of various degrees and seeing the response of body.

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