HOW do i manage hicups?
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Hiccups are gulping sounds caused by involuntary spasms of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the muscle that separates the chest and abdomen and helps with breathing. Hiccups can be triggered if you eat too much or too fast, consume very hot or cold foods and beverages, or drink carbonated beverages. Other causes include cold showers, entering or leaving a hot or cold room, sudden excitement, and stress. \nHiccups are not a serious medical condition and usually disappear on their own within a few minutes. If they last longer than 24 hours, hiccups may be a sign of another condition or injury. You should see your health care provider if you experience prolonged hiccuping. \n\nHome remedies are usually the primary treatment for hiccups, although no one is really sure how well they work. Hiccup home remedies include sneezing, being suddenly frightened, holding your breath, gargling, drinking pineapple juice, drinking water rapidly, sipping ice water, or swallowing dry granulated sugar. These activities may help by altering breathing patterns.
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Try a little bicarbonate of soda in half a glass of water. Later don't drink any liquids at least two hours before going to bed and use an extra pillow to raise your head.
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try drinking water upside down.  You can also hold your breath and chug water at the same time.
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Change your breathing patterns. Hiccups are basically hitches in your current breathing pattern. Try breathing in and out really fast for a minute or two.
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Eat small frequent meals throughout the day.  Big meals are 2 easily purged.  Drink more water.  And seek professional help
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Cause \nThis is generally caused by overloading food or drink into the stomach. Relaxation is the most important thing. \n\nHerbal Aids \n1.General Instructions: Often hiccoughs can be stopped merely be bending over with the head downward and tipping a glass of liquid to drink it while upside-down. A few drops of antispasmodic tincture taken internally and rubbed on the chest area will often bring relief, as will a teaspoon of onion juice, a cayenne poultice on the chest area, black cohosh tea, blue cohosh, or wild carrot flowers or seeds. \n\n2.Orange Juice: Take a good swallow of freshly-squeezed orange juice. Repeat after a few minutes if needed. Dill tea should help. Do a good acupressure treatment on the hands or feet. \n\n3.Spearmint: A distilled water of spearmint will relieve hiccough. \n\nBest of health to you\n\nCheers
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There is no one proven cure for the hiccups. Different things may work at different times and for different people. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the following hiccup remedies may be effective:\n\nHolding your breath \nSlowly drinking a cold glass of water \nBreathing into a paper bag \nEating a spoonful of sugar \nHaving someone startle you \nGently massaging the back of the roof of your mouth with a cotton swab for a minute or so
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Swallow 1 tsp. white table sugar, dry. A study found that this stopped hiccups immediately in 19 out of 20 people. Repeat up to three more times at 2-minute intervals if necessary.  \n  \n2.   Gulp down a glass of water if the sugar doesn't work.  \n  \n3.   Eat a piece of dry bread slowly.  \n  \n4.   Breathe in and out of a paper bag. Do not use a plastic bag under any circumstances, and don't do this longer than 1 minute.  \n  \n5.   Gargle with water (see 'How to Gargle').  \n  \n6.   Repeat the above steps until your hiccups stop.
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Hiccups are a spasm of the diaphram.  Hold your breath and while doing so, take your middle knuckle and hold it against your windpipe.  This keeps any air from getting through.  It has always worked for me.  It's probably the same principle as people telling you to try and drink water while you are holding your breath, however I think it's more effective than drinking water, because you aren't allowing any air to get in.
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Drink lots of water.  It works for me.
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Hold your breath and drink a big glass of water. Keep doing it until they're gone. Works for me every time.
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Fill a glass with water and, bending over it, drink from the opposite side that you would normally drink from.  This contracts your muscles which are causing the hiccups and it never fails for me.....
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"Hic!" You've just hiccuped for what seems like the tenth time since you finished your big dinner. Wonder where these funny noises are coming from? The part to blame is your diaphragm (say: die-uh-fram). This is a dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of your chest, and all hiccups start here.\n\nThe diaphragm almost always works perfectly. When you inhale, it pulls down to help pull air into the lungs. When you exhale, it pushes up to help push air out of the lungs. But sometimes the diaphragm becomes irritated. When this happens, it pulls down in a jerky way, which makes you suck air into your throat suddenly. When the air rushing in hits your voice box, you're left with a big hiccup.\n\nSome things that irritate the diaphragm are eating too quickly or too much, an irritation in the stomach or the throat, or feeling nervous or excited. Almost all cases of the hiccups last only a few minutes. Some cases of the hiccups can last for days or weeks, but this is very unusual, and it's usually a sign of another medical problem.\n\nYou've probably heard lots of suggestions for how to get rid of hiccups, and maybe you've even tried a few. Holding your breath and counting to 10 is one way some people can get rid of their hiccups. Other people say that drinking from the "wrong" side of a glass of water is the way to become hiccup-free.\n\nPutting sugar under your tongue might work, too. And maybe the most famous treatment - having someone jump out and scare you when you're not expecting it - helps some people wave good-bye to their hiccups. Boo!
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Get some peanut butter and put it on the roof of your mouth. It works! One of my teacher's had a jar of it in the cupboard always handy for anyone who had hiccups.
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lady_oboe,\n\nThe best way to get rid of it is to drink water, continue gulping it until your hiccup is completely gone.\n\nOn the other hand, if you very unfortunateand you don't have water near by and this hiccups attacks you, the most efficient alternative way (believ me tis works!!) is to breathe deeply, hiccups will still come by counts of 2 or 3, so just continue breathing deeply, you will notice and feel it yourself its gone after your continous deep breathing.. \n\nMy advise try the 2nd way of getting rid of hiccups the next time you have it, and you will see the results..
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Here's what you do. Some people say mustard cures it, or water with cartwheels but this works best.\n\n1. Drink some cold water and let it slide down your throat.\n2. Begin to put some more cold water in your mouth but do not swallow.\n3. Hold water in throat for 10-15 sec. while not breathing through your nose.\n4. Swallow\n\nHopefully your hiccups will be gone by now, if not try this a second time and they will be gone.
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Take 10 short sips from a glass of water while holding a pen or pencil between your lips and the glass.\n\nA tip from my dad. Always works... although I usually end up with a wet shirt.