Mystify Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Anyone got any useful tips for how to get rid of hiccups!?!? I've had them for over an hour now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Hiccups, Chronic ImportantIt is possible that the main title of the report Hiccups, Chronic is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report. Synonyms Hiccough, ChronicHiccups, PersistentIntractable HiccupsSingultus, IntractableDisorder Subdivisions NoneGeneral Discussion Chronic hiccups last for hours or days, or they recur very often with only a few hours relief between spasms. The persistence of hiccups may indicate a serious illness. Some of the illnesses that include persistent hiccups as a symptom are: pleurisy of the diaphragm, pneumonia, uremia, alcoholism, disorders of the stomach or esophagus, and bowel diseases. Hiccups may also be associated with pancreatitis, pregnancy, bladder irritation, liver cancer or hepatitis. Surgery, tumors, and lesions may also cause persistent hiccups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Hold your breath, and drink some water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Hiccups Mary Poppins should feel vindicated: A spoonful of sugar does more than make the medicine go down. It also can stop hiccups, says Gary Gitnick, MD, chief of the division of digestive diseases at the University of California at Los Angeles and author of Freedom from Digestive Distress. "It helps," he says. "There is a reflex arc [that] traverses the back of the throat and anything that interrupts it will stop hiccups including a teaspoon of granulated sugar," he says. The "boo! cure" works, too, he says. When you are scared, you gasp, which also interrupts the arc and stops hiccups, he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystify Posted May 27 Author Report Share Posted May 27 I've tried over and over, it's not working AHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 This trick has ALWAYS worked for me and my friends:get a glass of waterstand over the sinktilt your head forward and drink from the glass as you are looking at your chestgulp it using your front lips , like you're upside down, and that should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Originally posted by Mystify22 Anyone got any useful tips for how to get rid of hiccups!?!? I've had them for over an hour now..... do a shot of bitters... cures it everytime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weyes Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 my most successful method used to be to hang upside down in a chair and sing "mary had a little lamb" three times in a roq without hiccuping. once i did that, the hiccups'd be gone.once, when i was employed as the legal librarian at a law firm, i closed the door to the library (which had no lock) and tried to do this. someone opened the door and caught me, just looked, and immediately shut the door and walked away. i felt kinda silly, but i already had a reputation as the silly one at that office, anyway :goofy: .but now i've actually had success with holding my breath as long as possible. and when i say "as long as possible," i mean longer than you think you can stand. that's the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurolisa Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 ask someone to scare you, works for me:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 FOr Mysty............BOOOO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystify Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 Originally posted by gmccookny FOr Mysty.....BOOOO!!! Awwww Thanks....Actually what worked was that drinking from the reverse side of the glass..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurolisa Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codica3 Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Originally posted by rdancer Hiccups, Chronic General Discussion Chronic hiccups last for hours or days, or they recur very often with only a few hours relief between spasms. The persistence of hiccups may indicate a serious illness. Some of the illnesses that include persistent hiccups as a symptom are: pleurisy of the diaphragm, pneumonia, uremia, alcoholism, disorders of the stomach or esophagus, and bowel diseases. Hiccups may also be associated with pancreatitis, pregnancy, bladder irritation, liver cancer or hepatitis. Surgery, tumors, and lesions may also cause persistent hiccups. I don't like this general discussion.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Originally posted by Mystify22 Awwww Thanks....Actually what worked was that drinking from the reverse side of the glass..... I TOLD YOU !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystify Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 Originally posted by gmccookny I TOLD YOU !!! I was amazed at this, next time someone has hiccups, I'm gonna spread the word about this tip!!!! :clap2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 Originally posted by Mystify22 I was amazed at this, next time someone has hiccups, I'm gonna spread the word about this tip!!!! :clap2: fer sure.I've been doing it for a long time now, and so far im like 15/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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