Help! Cure for the hiccups!?

Question

Co-worker has had hiccups for 8 hours...sure fire cures?

Answer 1

Here's a cure that hasn't been mentioned. Make your co-worker sneeze. Using pepper is the easiest way. Sometimes, even just pretend sneezing works too. It has something to do with the muscles used in sneezing that will counteract the spasming epiglottis. If the hiccups last longer than a day, he/she may need medical attention. Good luck .

Answer 2

Sipping cold water;
Drinking water out of the ‘wrong’ (opposite) side of the glass;
Breathing into a paper bag (NEVER place a bag over your head);
Holding your breath for a short period;
Pulling your knees up to your chest.

A hiccup is an involuntary reaction caused by the sudden movement of the diaphragm and normally they only last a few minutes.

In the case of your co-worker there could be some underlying problem which is causing the prolonged bout of hiccups. There could be any number of possible reasons including infection, irritation of the phrenic nerve (this controls the diaphragm), malaria, kidney infection, cancer, brain tumour and a whole host of other possibilities which can't possibly be diagnosed without a medical examination.

If you co-worker suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, is taking tranquilizers, has metabolic problems or has recently had an aneasthetic (e.g. for dental work) these can all cause prolonged hiccuping.

Because hyperglycaemia can cause hiccups it's a bad idea to take sugar (hyperglycaemia is caused by too much sugar and taking more will exacerbate the problem).

If the problem persists for more than 48 hours then your co-worker should see a doctor who will likely take urine and blood samples and may also order a scan such as an MRI, CT or ECG scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Computerised Tomography / Electrocardiogram).

Answer 3

1. Take your shirt off
2. Take your pants off
3. you should only have your bra and or underwear on at this point
4. Sit down on the flat ground (not on a chair or a couch) and site indian style with your legs crossed.
5. Extend and relax your arms with your hands facing open hand up resting on your knees
6. Now take your index finger and touch it with your thumb with each hand
7. take a deep breath
8. Hold your breath for about 1 minute
9. Get up VERY slowly from the ground
10. Walk outside (or inside if you are already outside)
11. Raise both of your arms and stretch them above your head
12. Look stright up at the sky or the ceiling
13 Now scream at the top of your lungs "I dont have the hiccups now!"
14. Congratulations you just passed the get rid hiccups course.

Answer 4

The way i cure my own hiccups, and this works every time, is this:

1st: get a full glass of water
2nd: drink the water, without taking any breaths from your mouth at all, only nose, if you have to

Cured!

Answer 5

When I get the hiccups. I drink a full glass of water real fast without taking a breath

Answer 6

I just keep trying to hiccup... after about 3 minutes of this they go away.

Answer 7

Scare your co-worker, It works everytime for me.

Good luck, hiccups are no fun!

Answer 8

this is a sure fire cure that works on everyone place a spoonful of sugar in mouth and let it melt then swallow i swear it works everytime

Answer 9

I do this:

1. Take deepest possible breath
2. Hold until you absolutely cannot keep it any more.
3. Release.

Or try this:

Have somebody hold your ears shut (meaning plug-em)
and drink any liquid as quickly as you can . . . until you need to come up for air

Should work.

Answer 10

Give him a tablespoon of peanut butter or sugar and eat it slowly.

Or swallow water bent over. (head towards feet)