I don’t have anything great to say about this matter, but I have the hiccups… Holy fuck the hiccups!
A friend of mine told a story about his brother who had a major surgery in his abdomen and HAD to control his chronic hiccups while in recovery or risk opening his wounds or worse. His doctors helped. I don’t even remember all the remedies he mentioned because there were several and the point was that each person can be different so you have to figure out what works for you.
Omfg… chronic hiccups…
Not nonstop or anything - he just got them often.
I have found a method that works 100% of the time for me. It sounds silly but bear with me. After the hiccup starts, I tell myself “hiccups arent real” or some equivalent phrase, in my inner voice, as convincingly as possible. Like I actually believe it. It stops immediately, before the second hiccup.
I am spreading this method among friends and family, I would say around a third of then report successes, but Im pretty sure not all of them have tried it seriously and some brush it off as bs.
Ok next time i have them i will do that.
Hiccups are involuntary muscle spasms. Applying heat can help stop muscle spasms no matter where they’re occuring. Drinking large gulps of very warm water (as warm as possible) has stopped hiccups for me 100% of the time.
Oh wow!
My remedy was almost always a teaspoon of mustard.
Breathe shallow but slow, relax. Hickup is a cramp in the diaphragm, mostly caused through stress.
I can confirm this works. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve stopped hiccups doing this. Best if it’s done right away when the episode starts.
Hold your breath count to 10 in your head if you hiccup start again until you get to 10
BOO!
Still got the hiccups?
Ahh!
Yes but I have a fear boner too.
Holding my breath works for me, or maybe it just passes the time. Usually goes away in about 2 full breaths.
Doing a whip it cures hiccups
Yeah. Oxygen deprivation releases the reflex, but you have to hold your breath, so long that it hurts.
There have actually been studies why that is.
Why is that?
Hiccups are actually caused by a microorganism called “hickey” getting into your lungs. When you hold your breath, you flood the organism with carbon dioxide, which kills enough of it that your immune system can handle the rest easily. If you want to read up more about it, Google search “how to remove chest hickeys”
Thanks I will teach this to my kids too
I just breathe real slow for like 2 mins and by the time I start breathing manually, it’s gone. Nothing painful, nothing required.
Ever get hiccups together with acid reflux? That’s an extra special level of hell.
Holy fuck I cant imagine.
Hiccups suck so bad, people will try all manner of crazy witchcraft to get rid of them.
Spoonful of vinegar does the trick
You can’t really do it to yourself, but I’ve had really good luck ending other people’s hiccups by offering them $5 if they hiccup again
Haha!!!
Gargling and/or drinking upside down have always worked for me. Hiccups suck
My partner and I discovered that whip its are a 100% sure cure
My wife gets bad hiccups sometimes. I meanwhile can just control my diaphragm and stop hiccuping on command. She doesn’t seem to find that very fair.
