Why are hiccups supposed to stop if you stand on your head and drink water?
341934
Because its all mental.  Its just another way of taking your mid and putting it towards something else.  There is no physical reason that would work.
1112500
your brain gets enough oxygen, from after it was deprived of it. thats what causses hiccups.. oxygen deprivation.
215358
this a no fail way to get rid of the hiccups \nplace a pencil in your mouth to where you are biting it in the middle of the pencil and then just drink some water its hard to drink but it will get rid of them
551429
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.
228631
Hiccups are caused by a sudden jerk in your diaphragm that causes you to breathe in air very quickly. When you breathe in, the air travels in your mouth and nose, through your windpipe and into your lungs. When your diaphragm jerks and you suck in air very quickly, the quick air flow causes the flap at the top of your windpipe to snap shut. This quick inflow of air and the snapping shut of the flap on your windpipe is the sound of hiccups. Your brain sends a message down to your diaphragm telling it to contract. But, we really do not know why the brain sends this message.
15028
The best remedy for hiccups that I have ever experienced is the following maneuver: Take a glass of water. Sit down. Spread your knees out and bend forward with your head between your knees (or come down as far as you are able to). With the front of your body bent forward as much as you can, take the glass of water, raise your head up (while keeping your body bent forward) and drink the glass of water. It looks strange, but it works, every time I've ever tried it. If you have malignant hiccups....those lasting for days at a time, then go to your doctor and ask for some Thorazine. It is an anti-psychotic medication, but it works for those nasty hiccups that refuse to go away. As a nurse, I have seen Thorazine work for the most resistant hiccups.
183693
I usually eat banana then drink one glass of water straight\n.....\n\n\nWhen you hiccup, your diaphragm involuntarily contracts.\n:(The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the\n:chest cavity from the abdomen. It plays an extremely important\n:role in breathing.)\n:\n:This contraction of the diaphragm then causes an immediate\n:and brief closure of the vocal cords, which produces the\n:characteristic sound of a hiccup. What actually causes the\n:hiccup is difficult to say - in most instances, there is no obvious\n:cause.\n:\n:Attacks of the hiccups seem to be associated with a few different\n:things: eating or drinking too fast; being nervous or excited; or\n:having irritation in the stomach and/or throat.\n:\n:In some extremely rare cases, the underlying cause of hiccups\n:can be pleurisy (inflammation of the membrane lining of the lungs\n:and chest cavity), pneumonia, certain disorders of the stomach or\n:esophagus, pancreatitis, alcoholism, or hepatitis. Any one of these\n:conditions can cause irritation of the diaphragm or of the phrenic\n:nerves that supply the diaphragm - it's the irritation that causes the\n:hiccups.\n:\n:Still, the cause of most attacks of the hiccups remains a mystery.
4496
A hiccup or hiccough (generally pronounced "hiccup" independent of the spelling) is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" noise. A bout of hiccups generally resolves by itself, although many home remedies are in circulation to shorten the duration, and medication is occasionally necessary. By extension, the term "hiccup" is also used to describe a small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. The medical term is singultus.\n\nWhile many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, or drinking an excess of an alcoholic beverage. Hiccups may be caused by pressure to the phrenic nerve by other anatomical structures, or rarely by tumors.
377705
Drink a spoonful of lemon juice.\nthe sour taste shocks your nerves and stops hiccups.
472178
Drink water and when you do it bring the back of ur neck fwd...like a huge gulp.It usually cures my hiccups.
200494
Hiccups are caused from air bubbles.  The best thing to do is to get a teaspoon of peanut butter and put the whole thing in your mouth and work on it and swallow.  Everytime my daughter gets them, that's what I use and as soon as she swallows the first bit, they're gone.
75003
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.
387542
because air builds up inside us. It happens if you eat quickly or talk fast because you aren't getting enough air or you are getting air randomly so your body doesn't have chance to use it properly. Then it gets stuck and it comes out as hiccoughs
342564
A hiccup or hiccough (generally pronounced "HICK-up" independent of the spelling) is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" noise. A bout of hiccups generally resolves by itself, although many home remedies are in circulation to shorten the duration, and medication is occasionally necessary. By extension, the term "hiccup" is also used to describe a small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. The medical term is singultus.\n\nWhile many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, or drinking an excess of an alcoholic beverage. Hiccups may be caused by pressure to the phrenic nerve by other anatomical structures, or rarely by tumors.\n\nIt is still unclear to scientists exactly why hiccups occur, particularly because it doesn't seem to give us any specific benefit. Some speculation exists that hiccups are a remnant of a bodily function that has been phased out by evolution, such as the move from aquatic gilled creatures to land animals. More research is required to ascertain their true nature, origins, and purpose, if any.
393696
Here's the real answer to your question:\n\nTake a deep breath in, but don't hold it, just keep the air in your lungs for about 3-5 cycles (the time it would take for you to breathe in and out 3-5 times).  \n\nA hiccup results from your brain thinking your lungs aren't getting enough oxygen, so it forces oxygen in until something turns the trigger off.  Holding your breath doesn't turn the trigger off, because the hiccupping is centered around the inhale, but holding your breath = pausing the exhale.  But if you keep your lungs in a posture of continuous inhalation, the hiccups stop immediately because the brain realizes the lungs are fully saturated.
298772
Hiccups are the rhythmic contractions of the diaphragm muscle that separates chest and abdomen. The common causes of hiccups are : overeating and gastritis( swelling of the inner lining of the stomach). But the more dreaded ones could be uraemia (increased urea circulating in blood) or raised intracranial pressure due to brain problem. Simple ways to control hiccups are taking deep breaths and holding on for a while. drink cold water, keep looking upwards or eat some jaggery or some sweet lozenges.Metoclopromide tablet along with omeprazol capsule may help releiving gastritis.But if it is not stopping better see your doctor who would advise investigations to rule out kidney or brain problem.
270694
you need to get in touch with your doctor or get a doctor,cuz you might have a illness that irritates the phrenic nerve in the diaphragm,you can get hiccups when you overeat,eatting too fast,drinking carbonated beverages.This method that someone told me to do once when I had the hiccups get a glass of water, a straw, put the straw in the glass of water put your mouth on the straw and block your ears with your fingers and drink the water thur the straw all of it. It works everytime when I have the hiccups.Good Luck.....