i cant stop hiccuping?

Question

what should i do to stop hiccuping iv been like this for about 3 hours it really hurts

Answer 1

hehehe watch tv to get your mind of it or you can hold your breath for a minute and say the name of 3 old ladies while doing it (in your mind). Then drink a lot of water.

Answer 2

If you're going to a bar, and you get a bad case of hiccups, do this: Get a shot glass with 2-3 dashes of bitters (alcohol based tonic used in old fashions etc). Take the shot, and drink a cup of water (the bitters will taste nasty). This is pretty much guaranteed to cure hiccups. If you're at home... some home remedies might work, but I would suggest you buy a little bottle of bitters to keep around -if you get hiccups on a regular basis.

Answer 3

I have the same thing! I hiccup so much my stomach starts to hurt. Ok, stay calm and sit down. Eat a spoonful of peanut butter. If that doesn't work, lay down and take even breaths count 1 second before you breath in and 2 seconds before you breathe out. If that doesn't work hold your breath for 12 seconds. I hope it works!

Answer 4

Drink a glass of water out of the opposite end of the cup. Your top lip should be on the furthest away end to the glass then tip the water into your mouth. Always works for me. Good luck with it and try not to spill water all down yourself...

Answer 5

Have you tried drinking the cup of water upside down yet? Lay back, head back and drink the water. The cup lip on your top lip but the bottom of the cup up towards your hair line> Mind you don't pour it down your nose! Good luck!

Answer 6

A hiccup or hiccough is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm. A bout of hiccups generally resolves itself without intervention, although many home remedies are in circulation that claim to shorten the duration, and medication is sometimes necessary.

The following are some commonly suggested home remedies. While numerous remedies are offered, they mostly fall into a few broad categories. These categories include purely psychosomatic cures centered around relaxation and distraction, cures involving swallowing and eating (with the rationale generally that this would remove irritants or reset mechanisms in the affected region), and cures involving controlled/altered breathing.

However, one respiratory remedy has a fairly sound rationale underlying it. Breathing into a bag or small enclosed container (ensuring that it is completely sealed around the mouth and nose) induces a state that is termed respiratory acidosis. The effect is caused by increasing the amount of inspired carbon dioxide, which then increases the serum level of carbon dioxide. These increased levels of CO2 lower the pH in the blood, hence creating a state of acidosis.

Psychosomatic

Distraction from one's hiccup (e.g. being startled or asked a perplexing question)
Concentration on one's hiccup
Another distraction based technique is to count in reverse, eg. from 100 down, which requires concentration.

Swallowing

Swallowing three times while holding one's breath
Eating particular foods, such as peanut butter, wasabi, vinegar
Eating a spoonful of granulated table sugar (slowly letting it dissolve in mouth)
Drinking a glass of water through a napkin placed over the glass
Drinking a glass of water in several small sips
Drinking a glass of water "from the wrong side of the glass", i.e. bending over a sink so one's head is upside-down when drinking
Drinking a glass of water with another's palms against one's ears
Drinking a glass of a carbonated beverage (with salt) or without, to cause 'burping'.
Drinking a glass of water than spitting it back up and drinking that again, repeat until hiccups stop.
Gulping down a glass of water while holding one's breath
Drinking a glass of water while raising the right or left hand.
Drinking a glass of water several times successively.
Eating an ice cube
Drinking a glass of water with a spoon touching one's Temple.
Take a glass of water, and put a spoon in it. Putting the spoon under your tongue, drink as much of the water as you can.
Drinking a glass of water while plugging ones nose and ears.
Respiratory

Breathing slowly and deeply in while thinking 'breathing out' and breathing slowly and fully out while thinking 'breathing in'
Breathing slowly and deeply in and out through the mouth
Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach
Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth
Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva
Blowing up a balloon
Inducing sneezing
Breathing into a paper bag or other sealed container. Only attempt this in severe cases of hiccups that have persisted despite other attempts at cures. Perform this sitting or laying down, and with someone at your side to ensure safety. Stop as soon as you begin to feel lightheaded.

Other

Sudden shock or alarm. The resulting adrenaline rush will usually cure hiccups; a common cure is to suddenly startle or shout at the sufferer - this only works if they have no idea it's coming.

For some, throwing up or vomiting the contents in one's stomach.
By simply waiting until the hiccups subside.

One of these methods would help.

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Answer 7

I know what its liek i ahd the hip cups on staurday on and off for 12 hours, Try drinking water fast and then hold your breath and what ever you do, DONT think of hip cupping as it will only trick your brain in contiuing good luck :)

Answer 8

That happened to me once after i inhaled in too many helium balloons for a laugh at a party!

Holding my breath for as long as possible always works for me though.

Good luck!

Answer 9

I don't know why, but drinking a glass of water upside down works.

Answer 10

drink a glass of water upside down, good luck with managing that without spilling it or swallow a sugar cube.