2006-09-13 10:49:52 · 24 answers · asked by poolokwu 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
a lick of salt works for me
2006-09-13 11:02:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wonder where these funny noises are coming from? The part to blame is your diaphragm (say: die-uh-fram). This is a dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of your chest, and all hiccups start here.
The diaphragm almost always works perfectly. When you inhale, it pulls down to help pull air into the lungs. When you exhale, it pushes up to help push air out of the lungs. But sometimes the diaphragm becomes irritated. When this happens, it pulls down in a jerky way, which makes you suck air into your throat suddenly. When the air rushing in hits your voice box, you're left with a big hiccup.
Some things that irritate the diaphragm are eating too quickly or too much, an irritation in the stomach or the throat, or feeling nervous or excited. Almost all cases of the hiccups last only a few minutes. Some cases of the hiccups can last for days or weeks, but this is very unusual, and it's usually a sign of another medical problem.
You've probably heard lots of suggestions for how to get rid of hiccups, and maybe you've even tried a few. Holding your breath and counting to 10 is one way some people can get rid of their hiccups. Other people say that drinking from the "wrong" side of a glass of water is the way to become hiccup-free.
Putting sugar under your tongue might work, too. And maybe the most famous treatment - having someone jump out and scare you when you're not expecting it - helps some people wave good-bye to their hiccups.
2006-09-13 18:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by spellerwizard54 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One silly thing that I tried that has worked for me (sometimes) and worked for a friend of mine when she had hicups was close your eyes and rub your eye balls for a few seconds. I know it is strange but try it out and see it works for you. lol
I read it somewhere and didn't make it up. Seriously.
2006-09-13 17:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by paisak79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a napkin over a glass of water. Drink the water through the napkin.
2006-09-13 18:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by U.WANT.ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink 10 gulps of water without breathing inbetween.
2006-09-13 17:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by jaggerlink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold your breath and swallow 5 times or eat a spoon full of peanut butter. Those are the only things I know that help mine.
2006-09-13 17:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by youdontneedtoknowme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink a glass of water from the side of the glass farther from you. (If this is hard to understabd, think of it as putting your chin in the glass while drinking from it.) Do this by bending over as the level of water in the glass gets lower. This always works for me, even if it looks a little goofy.
2006-09-13 17:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by julz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to a quiet room, lay down, try to relax your diaphram and take very slow, deep measured breaths. Eventually, you will get so good at it that you won't even need to lay down. You will be able to do it anywhere.
2006-09-13 17:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by diane_b_33594 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none of that "hold your breath" crap works for me...this is what does...
fill a glass with water, and then put a napkin over the top of it. drink three sips of the water through the napkin, one sip right after the other.
voila!
2006-09-13 17:57:47 · answer #9 · answered by moondancer629 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
place a dime on the inside of your wrist, right on top of the tendon thingy & count outloud to 30 & dont take your eyes off the dime
2006-09-13 17:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by MANDEE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spoonful of dry sugar workd everytime for me too.
2006-09-13 17:59:54 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋