Hiccups

[Furryanimal]

​Do you have a recommended cure?

 

[jujube]

Holding my breath as long as I can always stops the hiccups.

 

[PopsnTuff]

Half teaspoon of sugar down the hatch quickly always works for me

 

[terry123]

A teaspoon of creamy peanut butter always works for me!!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Many, many years ago an old bartender taught me to cure the hiccoughs by taking a shot glass of tap water lighting an entire book of matches immediately dousing them in the water and drinking it down in one gulp. It works every time but I'm sure it is absolutely not a healthy way to cure hiccoughs.

 

[Mike]

Thumbs in ears, fore fingers on the sides
of the nose, bend down and pick up a glass
of water and drink it from the wrong side.

I think that the concentration might be the
cure rather than anything to do with the
antics.

Mike.

 

[Falcon]

Get your mind on something else and they'll go away.

 

[Fyrefox]

Breathing in and out of a paper bag held over the nose and mouth can sometimes help...

 

[Wren]

I just try to hold me breath aslong as possible then start to breathe very slowly

 

[Grampa Don]

I read somewhere that holding your breath works because of the build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood. It seems to work for me. I guess breathing in a paper bag would do the same.

Don

 

[C'est Moi]

Thumbs in ears, fore fingers on the sides
of the nose, bend down and pick up a glass
of water and drink it from the wrong side.

I think that the concentration might be the
cure rather than anything to do with the
antics.

Mike.

I want to know how you pick up the glass of water with "thumbs in your ears."

 

[Camper6]

Taught to me in a hospital by a visitor.

Hold your tongue out with your fingers while breathing in heavily through the nose.

You have to stimulate the nerve. I think it's called the phrenic nerve.

 

[Olivia]

I never get hiccups. What causes them, actually?

 

[Furryanimal]

I never get hiccups. What causes them, actually?

https://www.emedicinehealth.com/hiccups/article_em.htm#what_causes_hiccups

 

[oldbeachgal]

Suck on an ice cube or drink ice water.

 

[treeguy64]

When my dog hiccups, I scare him by suddenly shouting "Boo!" 100% effective.