how do you get rid of hiccups?? 10 points for first good answer that works!!?

Question

i have the hiccups they really hurt i get them every once in awhile and they will keep goin for at least an hour and the longer i have then the more it hurts and i dont know what to do. it drives me crazy@!

Answer 1

If your over 21 get some bitters (Angostura bitters) and saturate a lime wedge or 2 and bite the lime to get as much of the lime and bitters you can. If you're under 21 use worchestershire sauce instead of the bitters. (this one I haven't tried)

The bitters and lime tastes really icky but it works.
A bartenders trick.

Answer 2

There must be thousands of cures and they date back ... way back. Most of the cures try to increase the carbon dioxide levels in the blood or disrupt the impulses causing the hiccups. Physicians say that most hiccups will stop on their own in few minutes, but if you're like me you'll keep trying any and all of these cures and more until they are gone!



AHH... SUGAR
Take sugar swallowed dry, some say take a teaspoon others a tablespoon, and some say white and some say brown sugar, I think that depends on your personal taste.

UPSIDE DOWN GULP
Take a glass of water, bend over forward and drink the water upside down. Now we know how to drink from the other side of the glass too!

WATERY EARS
Put your hands over your ears and have someone you trust (trust the key word here) feed you a glass of water, holding your breath and drinking slowing while doing this trick may help. For me this is one of the only methods that works. If you don't have anyone you can trust around you can place the cup on a counter put your index fingers in your ears. Then bend forward and grab the cup with your thumbs and pinkie fingers. I would suggest a non-breakable glass if you're going to attempt this marvel of dexterity!

TO BREATHE OR NOT TO BREATHE
Simply holding your breath works for some. Blowing out air in a steady slow stream is a another technique, this relaxes the diaphragm. If you are a runner and find you get shoulder craps you can try the pursed lips and blowing technique as well. Believe it or not the pain in your shoulder could be caused by your diaphragm as the shoulder is one of the closest nerve endings for the diaphragm.

THE LONG DRINK
Drink a large glass of water very slowly. Take well over a minute to drink about a half litre.

BREATHING PLUS
Hold your breath and
Pass your arm behind your back, and pull it with your other hand while you hold your breath.

BROWN PAPER BAG
Breath in and out 10 times into a brown paper bag. Make sure there is a good seal around your mouth and breath HARD. Your face should be red when you are done.

TONGUE PULLING
Pull hard on your tongue

SPOON GAGGING
Lift your uvula with a spoon. Your uvula is that thing that hangs down in the back of your mouth. If that doesn't work while you have the spoon you could try the spoon upside down, under the tongue and hold for a few moments.

GARGLE
Simply gargle with water, add a little salt if you like.

I NOSE HOW
AHH CHOO! Take one involuntary reflex and cure it with another. Sneeze! Find some magic sneezing powder and sniff. You could always substitute pepper if you don't have any magic sneezing powder about.

SUCK ON THIS
Suck on some crushed ice, try a lemon wedge or a spoonful of peanut butter.

HAVE A SHOT
Try a "shot" of pickle juice, pickles and other kinds of shots have been known to cause the hiccups, so why not turn the tables and get even with a "bite of the dog that bit you"...so to speak.

ICE ME
Try taking ice right to the problem area. Place an ice bag on the diaphragm, just below the rib cage.

TICKLE ME
This one may work better on kids. Tickle them and tell them not to laugh. You can be sure if they are at all ticklish they will change there breathing pattern and this may stop those hiccups.

MOUTH TICKLING
Take a cotton swab and rub it on the roof of your mouth at the point where the hard and soft palate meet.

BURP COUGH
Force a belch and coughing without inhaling, is a sure fire cure for Jeff. It requires a trifle of muscle control, but we can overcome involuntary reflexes if we try hard enough. Best done in private as it looks a little silly.

BELLY RUBBING
Rubbing the hiccupping person's belly button seems to work for Dennis. Pressing inward just as the hiccup occurs may "catch them" and cure the person instantly. I would suggest caution with this cure, pressing on your innards may be hazardous to your health.

MIND OVER HICCUP
Just thinking about the next hiccup may stop you from having them. Some say that after the first few hiccups the rest are just in your mind and your body is following your mind. If this were true why do babies get the hiccups? Anyway just try to predict when the next hiccup will strike! You may be concentrating so hard that it just won't arrive. If you are with someone who has the hiccups offer them something if they can hiccup just three more times. If you offer them something like $5 or $20 it works even better!

SCARED HICCUP
When you have the hiccups, if someone startles or scares you, most of the time the hiccups will disappear. Now to be properly startled you have to be unaware of what is about to happen. So how do you get someone to startle you without being aware that they are about to scare you? I think an easier question might be "what came first the chicken or the egg"?

Answer 3

A hiccup or hiccough (generally pronounced "HICK-cup" independent of the spelling) is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" . A bout of hiccups generally resolves by itself, although many home remedies are in circulation to shorten the duration, and medication is occasionally necessary. By extension, the term "hiccup" is also used to describe a small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. While many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, or drinking an excess of an alcoholic beverage.

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Answer 4

Lisa T has the correct answer. My wife had them and whipped out this mess .The whole time i was telling her she was full of it. The last hiccup was right before she popped the slice of lime in her mouth. Bottled lime juice works too. I don't get provenwrong often but she was right.

Answer 5

that's easy, a quick way to get rid of hiccups is to breathe in deeply, then exhale all the air out of your lungs. next get a big glass or bottle of water and drink while keeping your lungs empty. keep drinking until you feel you are about to gasp for air. this tricks your body into thinking you are gonna drown. it works for me all the time...i always get hiccups from drinking too much hot tea too fast. let me know if it works for you.

Answer 6

I do the same thing that metoonyc said above, although I don't need to drink the water. I find that just expelling ALL the air out of my lungs, and then holding it, works great. It also works for stitches in your side when you're running or exercising.

Answer 7

Forget holding your breath till you pass out,try this, put a pencil horizontal across your mouth than drink a glass of water,if this doesn't work,you are and alien.

Answer 8

Try putting light pressure above your eyes, around your eyebrows for about 15 seconds or so and see if that helps.

Let me know if that works!

Answer 9

hold your breath as long as u can, then when u let your air out and if you feel a hiccup coming again breath in quickly and hold it again. lol it works for me!!!

Answer 10

Try putting sugar on your tongue. Just let the sugar sit there for about 30 seconds then swallow. Works for me. Good luck