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How do you cure the hiccups?

The least embarrassing way I know how is to hold your breath and tighten your diaphragm as long as you can. Everyone seems to have a different method though.

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The far side of the glass of water is the best. Kinda messy but works.

drink water upside down...always works for me!

hold your breath

I like all these suggestions and will try all of them! However, my uncle used to do something odd when I was little, and it really is a fun thing to do with kids to make a nice memory...if I had the hiccups, he would hold up a trinket or a quarter (or sometimes even a dollar) in front of my face and say "Listen, if you can hiccup for me exactly when I count to three, I will give this to you, but it has to be perfect. One, two, three, right NOW!" He'd let me try several times to time it right, but it was difficult of course. I spent so much energy trying to win that money, that I very often lost my hiccups.

hold your breath or someone could scare you...works every time on me,sometimes even a glass of cold water works well.

if I'm in an inconspicuous place, I bend forward so my head is almost upside down and swallow a few times. usually works pretty well.... it's like the "drinking from the far side of the glass" thing, but simpler.

in the board game "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game" it stated to hyperventilate to get rid of hiccups

I close my eyes and picture a cow in my head, concentrating on its features. Someone told me to do it in junior high and it works like a charm. Haha.

My mom does this pressure point thing...put your fingers in your ears like you're plugging them and then push up pretty much as hard as you can...after a moment of doing that, tada: no hiccups!

If hiccups dont go away- then the differential diagnosis might be a tumor close the the diaphragm, or some other cause of pressure being exerted on the Vagus nerve which runs down there.

ear? I meant eat lol

When my dog was a puppy he use to get hiccups all the time. So i'd startle him, I know it sounds mean, but it would stop the hiccupping.

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goodbyedyna

How do you cure the hiccups?

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The far side of the glass of water is the best. Kinda messy but works.

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drink water upside down...always works for me!

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hold your breath

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hold your breath or someone could scare you...works every time on me,sometimes even a glass of cold water works well.

chaotica

if I'm in an inconspicuous place, I bend forward so my head is almost upside down and swallow a few times. usually works pretty well.... it's like the "drinking from the far side of the glass" thing, but simpler.

balofton

in the board game "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game" it stated to hyperventilate to get rid of hiccups

rgordon7

I close my eyes and picture a cow in my head, concentrating on its features. Someone told me to do it in junior high and it works like a charm. Haha.

misslady

My mom does this pressure point thing...put your fingers in your ears like you're plugging them and then push up pretty much as hard as you can...after a moment of doing that, tada: no hiccups!

chantarella

If hiccups dont go away- then the differential diagnosis might be a tumor close the the diaphragm, or some other cause of pressure being exerted on the Vagus nerve which runs down there.

Captain_Adventure

ear? I meant eat lol

Mistral

When my dog was a puppy he use to get hiccups all the time. So i'd startle him, I know it sounds mean, but it would stop the hiccupping.

How do you cure the hiccups?

The far side of the glass of water is the best. Kinda messy but works.

drink water upside down...always works for me!

hold your breath

hold your breath or someone could scare you...works every time on me,sometimes even a glass of cold water works well.

if I'm in an inconspicuous place, I bend forward so my head is almost upside down and swallow a few times. usually works pretty well.... it's like the "drinking from the far side of the glass" thing, but simpler.

in the board game "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Game" it stated to hyperventilate to get rid of hiccups

I close my eyes and picture a cow in my head, concentrating on its features. Someone told me to do it in junior high and it works like a charm. Haha.

My mom does this pressure point thing...put your fingers in your ears like you're plugging them and then push up pretty much as hard as you can...after a moment of doing that, tada: no hiccups!

If hiccups dont go away- then the differential diagnosis might be a tumor close the the diaphragm, or some other cause of pressure being exerted on the Vagus nerve which runs down there.

ear? I meant eat lol

When my dog was a puppy he use to get hiccups all the time. So i'd startle him, I know it sounds mean, but it would stop the hiccupping.

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