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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 canl 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.
- 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.
- 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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3. Offsite Hiccup Resources
- The Straight Dope - What are hiccups and why do we have them?
- Tons of hiccup cures - Seriously, there’s gotta be hundreds here.
After trying many hiccup solutions and finding most of them to work only some of the time, the method which always works for me is as follows: Fill a glass with drinking water (cool but not real cold).
Inhale, take a sip, swallow, then exhale. Do this seven times. Sit quietly for a minute or two as you wait for the next hiccup which will never come.
i’ve tried everything when i get my hiccups mine just have a mind of their own!
the one that says plug ears and nose, swallow as fast as you can 20 times….worked for me instantly!!!!
thank you
i have a question and a tip.
what gets rid of my hiccups every single time, is taking a swig of water, and tilting my head as far back as possible — until my head is completely upside down — and i swallow it.
my question is, I’m 18 years old, and every since 6th grade, I was 12, I’ve gotten the hiccups every single day. I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that. I usually get them three times a day.
But it’s not like regular reoccurring hiccups. I’ll hiccup one time. And be done, for a few hours at least. Then I’ll hiccup once and only once again…etc.
Sometimes I get the regular hiccups like everybody, from drinking and or eating to fast or whatever.
But my question is, why do I get the hiccups everyday? It’s so strange.
They don’t bother me, because it is only one hiccup every so often in the day. But I’m curious as hell about it. A few years ago I asked my mom if I should go to the doctor for it. And she just said “They’ll just tell you that you swallow too much air.” and i replied with “Every day of my life?”
So, if anyone has any ideas, let me know. I’m curious.
i know 2 ways to get rid of hiccups. 1 ways is to get a spoon ful of peanutbutter and eat it all at once.the 2nd way is to get a small cup of water, put a washcloth over it and drink all the water. you do not have to hold your breath.
the chicken thing worked for me!! :^
I usually get a mouthful of Caprisun, then go into a backbend, and swallow it upside down… but these work much better…
Another thing that works is letting all the air out of you then holding yours breath for as long as you can, 3 times. (Found this out when I was talking to my friends, and I had the hiccups, and I was like, “Ew. I have hicupps!” And without saying anything my friend covered my mouth and closed my nose and I went untill I needed air, then she did it 2 more times, and my hiccups were gone!
concentrate on the feeling of the hiccup comming up your throat then try and say out loud when your next hiccup is comming.
first thing is to calm down you can never get rid of them when your are very ticked off about them.then while you are getting calmed down get some chewing gum and enjoy that..it took me i think 15 minutes,but it is diffrent for everyone.(good luck!!!!!) and ROLL TIDE !!LOL.
I read this and wow..Mine are all gone. Thank you. It can be just such a pain and very distracting but I am glad there gone for now..Thanks..
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