Hiccups!!!?

Question

My husband has had the hiccups on and off...more on than off for more than 24 hours. Any advice on how to get rid of them or why they start?

Answer 1

i don't know why they start but how i get rid of them is drink water (for me its mountain dew), sometimes eating sugar works for me don't know how but it does, or i hold my breath

Answer 2

One possible beneficial effect of hiccups is to dislodge large chunks of food, which have become stuck in the oesophagus, or which are traveling too slowly. When a large piece of food is swallowed, which the natural peristalsis of the oesophagus is unable to move quickly into the stomach, it applies pressure on the phrenic nerve, invoking the hiccup reflex. This causes the diaphram to contract, creating a vacuum in the thoracic cavity, which creates a region of low pressure on the side of the lump of food nearest the stomach, and a region of high pressure on the side of the lump of food nearest the mouth. This pressure differential across the food creates a force, which assists peristalsis. In humans, gravity partially assists peristalsis, but in quadrupeds and many marine vertebrates, their oesophagi run roughly perpendicular to the force of gravity, so that gravity provides little assistance. The hiccup mechanism likely evolved as an aid to peristalsis in our ancestors. It only now appears to offer little benefit, because humans are upright, so that gravity assists peristalsis, making it very unlikely for food to become lodged in the oesophagus.

Ultrasounds have also shown that unborn children experience hiccups. Some suggested hypotheses include hiccups as a possible muscle exercise for the child's respiratory system prior to birth or as a preventive measure to keep amniotic fluid from entering the lungs[1]. More research is required to ascertain their true nature, origins, and purpose, if any.

Answer 3

Press gently with two fingers above each eye. Holding this pressure should work. Ive seen it done to a person who had the hiccups for a whole week!!!

Answer 4

I hold my breath for as long as I can, two or three times in a row. That always cures my hiccups.

Drinking water is just a way of getting you to hold your breath. In fact, most hiccup cures are just a way of getting you to hold your breath.

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Answer 5

a teaspoon of sugar or pull ur toung out for 30 seconds or breathe in and out of a paper bag if the keep going u should go to see a doctor oh and they are caused by u inhailling to much air mainly if u eat too fast because you bring in to much air

Answer 6

Here it is - Fill your mouth with water bend forward and whale touching your toes drink slowly. Works like a charm! - Good Luck

Answer 7

here you go

bend over hole ur breath take a sip of water then eat a spoonful of sugar/splenda but you have to hold ur breath the whole time 99.99% of the time it works if it dont then call a doctor

Answer 8

Eat a tablespoon of peanut butter

Answer 9

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Answer 10

a teaspoon of sugar - chew up and swallow - always works for me.