does sugar help prevent the hiccups, and how?
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This is the only real way to instantly cure the hiccups! Look no further! The Hughes/Green method cure's the hiccups EVERY time GUARANTEED! You will be amazed! Hundreds of instantly cured hiccuper's have sent in their testimony's of deliverance! Files are available for researchers! Carefully understand both the HOW and the WHY of this method. If you don't get the WHY you might not get the HOW. Here's how to cure the hiccups:\n\n"Hughes/Green Hiccups Cure"© 1997\n\n(1) Pour a TALL glass of water.\n\n(2) Hold your breath... ***\n\n(3) IMPORTANT...PINCH YOUR NOSE CLOSED.\n\n(4) Slowly, take 10 - 20 swallows of the water...while holding your breath with your nose pinched closed.\n\n(5) When you can't stand it any more....you'll know by that overwhelming drowning sensation -- after a gasp, take a deep breath and relax.\n\nThis cures the hiccups 99 percent of the time - guaranteed! It's a proven medical remedy! (A second treatment could be necessary for stubborn cases.)\n\n*** For stubborn cases, try EXHALING COMPLETELY and then taking 10 - 20 swallows.\n\nNOW: HERE'S WHY IT WORKS: Hiccups are caused by an uncontrollable spasm in the diaphragm, (the "breathing" muscle). Often, this spasm is triggered by irritable conditions in the smooth muscles of the stomach or the esophagus. The "Hughes/Green Hiccups Cure" forces an increase in the carbon dioxide levels in the diaphragm itself, as well as in the stomach and esophagus. By swallowing, you are making the muscles work -- so they use up their available oxygen and replace it with carbon dioxide. By temporarily discontinuing to breath, you prohibit new oxygen from entering your body and thus create an anaerobic condition in the spasming diaphragm muscle. When the spasming diaphragm and stomach are deprived temporarily of oxygen and encounter the higher levels of carbon dioxide ... you feel that scary drowning sensation! BUT this causes the spasming muscles to relax! The hiccups go away! Essentially, you are "tricking" your body into thinking that it's drowning ... and it decides to use it's resources for something other than hiccuping. The rather "scary" drowning sensation caused by this method is NECESSARY for the method to work. If it's not just a little bit difficult ... it doesn't work.
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hiccups are caused when your body breathes and swallows at the same time causing  spasms (hiccups)
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stick ur toungue out as far as u can and count to 10\nor\nget a dixie cup of water, hold ur ears, gulp the water down\nor\nsay fannadannajackedup 10 times\nor \nhold ur breath\nor \nput a spoonful of suger on the roof of ur mouth\nor look here (scroll down to hiccups)\nhttp://www.med-help.net/MedicalTips.html
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Don't listen to those morons. All you need to cure hiccups is a little consentration. At first, this will be a bit tricky and may require silence. Afer a little while, it will require nothing more than a moment of thought. It NEVER fails, once you get the hang of it.
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Hiccups are caused by:\n\n1. eating too fast resulting in swallowing a lot of air\n2. anything that irritates the diaphragm (too much alcohol, too much fatty food
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Well, easy. Just tickle the person having hiccups for a couple of second. Let him or her laugh out for a while. They will breathe normally afterwards. It works because it loosen up something which I can't remember what in your breathing passage way. A loud laugh will makes it better.\n\nHolding breath does helps but occasionally since some hiccups are too extreme that it is hard for a person to hold his or her breath for even a second or two.\n\nEven drinking water too. Seldom helps. Bottomline, try out these guidelines especially the tickling part.\n\nCheerios.
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This is a true method.\n\nDrink from the backside of a cup of water!\n\nWith a cup half full, lower it waste high and bend over so that your mouth is on the back side of the cup. Continue bending and tip the cup so as to take a drink.\n\nWha-la, your hiccups are gone.
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hiccups result from involuntary spasms of the diaphragm. success varies depending on the individual's response and the severity of the hiccups.\n\nfor me, nothing helps of these method helps... i just let it happen, it will go away by itslef.
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Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle. As the muscle contracts repeatedly, the opening between your vocal cords snaps shut to check the inflow of air and makes the hiccup sound. ... Irritation of the nerves that extend from the neck to the chest can cause hiccups ...Try these methods at home:\n\nHold your breath. \nDrink a glass of water quickly. \nBecome frightened. \nUse smelling salts. \nPull hard on your tongue. \nPlace one-half teaspoon of dry sugar on the back of your tongue. (You can repeat this process 3 times at 2-minute intervals. Use corn syrup, not sugar, in young children.) The reason that these remedies are thought to work is that carbon dioxide build-up in the blood will stop hiccups, which is what happens when you hold your breath.
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or a Tablespoon of sugar.\n\nor ask him to hold his breath for 20 seconds.  Hopefully he will hiccup while holding his breath and then that will make it stop.
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Hiccups occur when a spasm contracts the diaphragm, a large sheet of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. This spasm causes an intake of breath that is suddenly stopped by the closure of the vocal cords (glottis). This closure causes the characteristic "hiccup" sound. A very full stomach can cause bouts of hiccups that go away on their own. Full stomach can be caused by: Eating too much too fast, drinking too much alcohol,swallowing too much air, smoking, sudden change in stomach temperature, such as drinking a hot beverage and then a cold beverage, and emotional stress or excitement.
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Hiccups may be dangerous, but that's rare. Weight loss, poor wound healing and even death occasionally have been attributed to intractable hiccups.
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Hiccups are involuntary spams of the diaphragm.\nYou should drink lots of water and try to force a really big yawn or two. It seems to force the diaphragm to relax which can help stop hiccups. You can also push below the rib cage for about 30 seconds. Or try to hold your breath as best as you can....\n\nI once heard about drinking water while leaning over and from the other side of the rim -(when you hold the glass) -  but that just sounds silly to me. Many others I have known *swear* by this method, though.\n\nAnother good remedy is to shake a few dashes of Angostura bitters on a lime wedge and suck it for just a few seconds. It's amazing, I've seen it work every time. The bitters can be found in most markets in the liquor section - (it does not contain any alcohol.) It stops them instantaneously!\n\nI have also heard that a good fright will do it. If somebody scares you unexpectedly. Not a scary movie - like lunging out at you and yelling "Boo!" It works but only if you're not expecting it. \n\nGood luck!
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Swallowing a lot of air causes hiccups though I don't know why exactly. Surefire way to get rid of them: Hold your breath and take a few sips of water as you hold it. Wait about twenty seconds or so. This has never failed me.
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Hiccups are caused by the diaphragm spasming.  Try holding your breath or forcing air down to help stop the spasm
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For a headache take anadin extra.For hiccups drink water from the opposite side of the glass,sounds weird but it really works..
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because the air causes their stomach muscle (i don't know the word in English) to be excited...so the muscle will contract rapidly, causing the air to go out quickly, with a sound...To end it, you must take a deep breath and hold your respiration for about one minute...keep the air in...this will relax the muscle and will cause you to stop the hiccups. when you let the air out, let it out easily, not quickly.