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How to Get Rid of Hiccups

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1. Hiccu-wha?

Hiccups are involuntary spasms of the diaphragm often accompanied by the familiar "hic" sound. Occasionally they manifest as louder and more embarrassing "huuuugggghhhh"s. Why do we hiccup? It's a mystery.

2. Tips for Getting Rid of Hiccups

  • Repeated swallowing works for mild cases. Do this by holding your breath and repeatedly swallowing as fast as you can, or by slowly drinking down a beverage with as many swallows as is possible. It's important that you hold your breath for as many gulps as you can. Placing a napkin over a glass of water can help moderate your speed.
  • Plug your nose and ears then swallow 20 times as fast as possible.
  • If you notice a friend has a case of hiccups, it is believed that your can 'scare' them away. Sneak up on them and give 'em a good jolt (Be careful though ;)). What? They don't have hiccups? Do it anyway!
  • Relax, sit still and breathe in deep, slow, rhythmic breaths expanding and contracting your lungs completely.
    • repeatedly swallowing
  • Distract yourself. Sing a song, go over your 7 times tables (7 x 1 = 7, 7 x 2 = 14, etc) until the hiccups are gone,
  • Exhale completely and hold your breath for as long as possible.
  • Squawk like a chicken while flapping your arms and bobbing your head as if you were pecking at something. Bugawk!
  • Laugh. Think of something funny, or do something funny - see above.
  • Eat a tablespoon of peanut butter.
  • Stand on your head and drink small gulps of water from a sports bottle.
  • Exaggerate your hiccups by inhaling right as you hiccup - this will result in a long and loud "huuuaaagggghhh" that'll either be funny or embarrassing depending on your environment, but after 2-4 of these the hiccups should be gone.
  • Take a shot of lemon juice.
  • Let a teaspoon of sugar dissolve under your tongue.
  • Think of the ugliest person you've ever seen. Now picture them naked, rolling naked down a hill or riding a bike and slathered in A-1 steak sauce.
    • Giving the best laugh Eating a pickle A spoon full of peanut butter
  • Eat some pickles.
  • Think the alphabet backwards as fast as you can.
  • Close your eyes, relax, still your mind and concentrate on nothingness until they're gone.

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    1. dave Says:
      November 7th, 2009 at 1:08 am

      I plugged my nose and ears and swallowed as fast as possible. Worked instantly! Thank you!

    2. Brad Casto Says:
      October 24th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

      This is the best treatment.

    3. Ananymous Says:
      October 16th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

      I tryed pluging me nose and ears then swallow 20 times as fast as possible while squawking like a chicken, flapping my arms and bobbing my head as if I were pecking at something and it all worked really well.

    4. Amanda Says:
      October 11th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

      I did the slowly drinking down a beverage with as many swallows as is possible, and it worked!!!! I am sooo greatful.THANK YOU,THANK YOU,THANK YOU!!!

    5. a person Says:
      September 28th, 2009 at 7:51 am

      Try drinking a glass of water from the opposite side (you will have to bend over a bit to be able to drink the water). Either it actually works, or its psyological; either way, it works every time for me.

    6. Amber Says:
      August 28th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

      so literally i just read this entire page and before i even did any of the stuff i realized my hiccups were gone! thanks!

    7. leslie Says:
      August 20th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

      When I began reading this my hiccups were horrible, but as I kept on reading, I guess they went away, haha I didn’t notice until I was done reading. I guess that I was so distracted that they just stopped, hm, THANKS!

    8. Kirsten Says:
      August 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

      woah! as soon as i started reading this my hiccups went away! COOL!! :D

    9. ncisluver33 Says:
      August 11th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

      here this really works look up scary maze game on google and play it it will scare the crap out of you and the hiccups will be gone

    10. Ana Says:
      August 8th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

      I Used The Ugly Person One,
      And It Worked Right Away. :| I Don’t Know How, But I Don’t Have Them Anymore
      WOOOT! :D

    11. Nardia Says:
      July 30th, 2009 at 2:49 am

      i had the hiccups and had a headache at the same time and the hiccups wouldnt go so i searched up on google.com how to get rid of hiccups and this website poped up and i read some of it till i read Plug your nose and ears then swallow 20 times as fast as possible
      so i tried that and thankyou so much they went straight away now ill do that all the time:P and ill tell my friends about it and tell them to do that when they have the hiccups thankyou soo much the best advice iv ever had to get ride of my hiccups thankyou soo muchh :D

    12. ILuv Paramore Says:
      July 28th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

      OMG thanx so much

    13. Nicole R. Says:
      July 28th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

      I had the hiccups and i tried distracting myself by singing and going over the time tables of 9. IT WORKED SOO MUCH!!

    14. Phil Says:
      July 27th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

      I tried the pecking and squawking like a chicken followed by the swallowing as fast as i could with my nose and ears closed and surprisingly the chicken method worked but just to make sure i did the swallowing method and within 30 seconds of starting the hiccups were gone!!! THANK YOU WHOEVER SUGGESTED THESE METHODS, YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!! Okay maybe not a life saver, but definitely something close!

    15. randy Says:
      July 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm

      i did the plugging the ears & nose one… it worked like a charm. thank you!

    16. mia Says:
      July 19th, 2009 at 1:15 am

      I plugged my ears and my nose and swallowed my spit fast and it got rid of my hiccups really quickly! pretty neat, gotta finish looking at this site lol

    17. akisha Says:
      July 18th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

      the idea about plugging your nose and ears turned out to work i thought it was dumb but in less than 10secnds it worked

    18. edgar Says:
      July 15th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

      i tried to hold my breathe but it didn’t work so i just ate peanut butter and the hiccups went away!!

    19. jordan Says:
      July 12th, 2009 at 10:41 pm

      i had the hiccups for like five hours and i tried the stopping up nose and ears and they went away!!!! thank you sooooo much

    20. krista Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

      Corey had the hickups so I pluged his ears and he pluged his nose and swolowesd for twenty seconds,,,, it worked super fasttttt. :]

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