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post #1 of 15
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Only reason I thought to share this is that I've never found one that actually works consistently. This one worked immediately. And has for a lot of people, apparently. Keep handy next time you get the hiccups.

http://www.cognitial.com/hiccups.asp

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Step 1: Start by inhaling through your mouth until your lungs feel full (when it feels like you cannot inhale any more.... your lungs will basically stop taking in air).

Step 2: Swallow. You are not really swallowing anything but it seems that without this act, it doesn't work.

Step 3: Now inhale some more until your lungs feel full again. You may not be able to inhale a lot, but do get some more air in. It will start to get difficult to do this as you go, but keep trying. You obviously can't suck in as much air as you did initially, but just a little will do (think of it as taking a "sip" of air).

Step 4: Swallow again. This too will start to get difficult as you go.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 (inhale and swallow) until you cannot swallow again. While it seems you can almost always suck in just a little more air, it is the swallowing that gets to be impossible. When you feel like you cannot swallow again, swallow again anyway. It will be hard to do, your face will probably turn red, and you may make squeaking sounds. But you CAN swallow one last time. By this time, your lungs should also be quite full and it should be difficult to get much more air in as well. While you should try not to let any air out, if you have really repeated steps 3 and 4 as many times as you can, you probably will end up letting a little out before you can take that last swallow. If you find that air keeps escaping out of your nose even early in the process, try squeezing it shut with your fingers.

Step 6: Exhale.
post #2 of 15
My own cure is to take a deep breath and bend over. This is made even easier when sitting. Hiccups are basically due to a spasm in your diaphragm and my attempt is basically to "freeze it" a bit. Always works for me.
post #3 of 15
yeah me too. i just simply take a deep breath and just hold it for 30 seconds it cures it right away i dont have to do anything else like bend over or swallow. never failed once.
post #4 of 15
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Originally Posted by Jumbie View Post
My own cure is to take a deep breath and bend over.

post #5 of 15
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Originally Posted by sho'nuff View Post
yeah me too. i just simply take a deep breath and just hold it for 30 seconds it cures it right away i dont have to do anything else like bend over or swallow. never failed once.

I used to just hold my breath but it didn't work as well for me.
post #6 of 15
Rectal massage for the win!

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Originally Posted by Pubmed
Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.

Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.

Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.

PMID: 2299306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
post #7 of 15
All these cures (except the rectal massage - WTF?) work on the same principle of expanding the diaphragm and keeping it in that state for a short duration. Hiccups are caused by spasms of the diaphragm, so just like stretching out a muscle that is cramping will relieve the cramp, so too stretching the diaphragm will cause it to relax and stop spasming.
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post #9 of 15
I breath deeply, close my eyes as if meditating and will myself to stop hiccuping like some kind of ninja-monk. It actually works most of the time, which I imagine is more to do with the slowed breathing and concentration than any ninja skills I might have. I might give that method a try though if my ninja skills ever let me down.
post #10 of 15
Double shot of white vinegar. If you don't have any vinegar, 3-4 tablespoon of sugar can work. Anything that gives your system a jolt can work.
post #11 of 15
Hold both ears closed. Drink water while your ears are closed.

I heard this and then tried it. It works.
post #12 of 15
Have someone offer you a $20 bill on the stipulation that you can keep it if you hiccup one more time. Supposedly it stops you from hiccuping again by overriding the involuntary spasm with a voluntary one. You effectively trying to force your body to do something that is involuntary. I don't know if the science is particularly sound (though it seems intuitively correct to me), but it works remarkably well.
post #13 of 15
when I get hiccups I drink a carbonated soda which makes me burp and that usually does the trick.
post #14 of 15
I would not try this manoeuver if I also had to poop.
post #15 of 15
Tablespoon of peanut butter.
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