I need help, any suggestions of how to get rid of the hiccups, other than breath holdling or having someone?
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I have had this problem for years Have tried every cure possible that I've ever heard of! My best was holding breath.. second best was a spoon of dry sugar. But the BEST has been biting into a fresh half lemon and swallowing the juice. \nI've tried the lemon trick 3x so far and it has worked immediately and instantly. I used it tonight, and looked for someone about this subject to pass my info on. You only need to do one bite, but I bit it 3x just in case. If you hate raw lemon.. then think which you'll hate more...lemon for a second or just suffering for however long. Best of luck and if it works for you.. pass it on!
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The way that works 100% of the time for me is:\nTake in all the air you can into your lungs and hold it while taking a small glass of water and drinking it with the smallest gulps you can. Do this until you can't hold your breath any longer. Works first try for me. The constant swallowing action distracts your esophagus and diaphragm long enough to make it forget about the hiccups.
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Folk\nAnise seed (for infants) Pour a cupful of boiling water over a teaspoonful of anise seeds; steep; give the baby one or two teaspoonsful. It often cures immediately. Nursing the baby will frequently stop the hiccups, too.\n\nApple cider vinegar Slowly sip a glass of warm water mixed with one teaspoon of vinegar. Works better when the water is drunk from the far side of the glass.\n\nBaking soda (bicarbonate of soda) Mix two teaspoonsful of baking soda, two teaspoonsful of aromatic spirits of ammonia with four ounces of peppermint water. Dose: one tablespoonful; repeat if necessary.\n\nBreathing Breathe into a small paper bag that is tightly pressed around your mouth. Or try spreading your arms out like a "T" and take a very deep breath. Repeat several times. Or try taking a deep breath and holding it as long as you can.\n\nChamomile Put 1 drop of chamomile essential oil in a brown paper bag; hold bag over nose and mouth; breathe in and out slowly and deeply through the nose.\n\nCamphor Mix three drops of spirits of Camphor in half a glassful of water and drink.\n\nCollar bones Put strong pressure on the collar bones.\n\nHoney Take a teaspoon of honey.\n\nIce  Eat or suck on a piece of ice. \n\nLemon Mix the juice of one lemon in half a glass of water; drink; repeat if the first drink didn't stop the hiccups.\n\nLemon/salt Put a teaspoonful of salt on half a lemon and then suck the juice out of the lemon.\n\nLemon/bitters Eat a slice of lemon which has been soaked in angostura bitters.\n\nOrange Drink the juice from 1/2 an orange.\n\nPeanut butter Eat 1 teaspoon of peanut butter.\n\nPepper, red Pour a half pint of boiling water over a quarter of a red pepper; steep; drink a wineglassful. If no red pepper is available, use five drops of tincture of Capsicum in a tablespoonful of water.\n\nPineapple juice Take a few rapid swallows of canned pineapple juice. Repeat hourly if necessary.\n\nSugar Cure hiccups by placing a teaspoon of sugar on the tongue and washing it down with a glass of cold water. Another sugar remedy suggests swallowing it dry.\n\nSugar/lemon Soak a cube of sugar in fresh lemon juice and let it dissolve in your mouth.\n\nTartar, cream of Add 1/3 teaspoon  of cream of tartar to 8 oz. of warm water; drink 2 tablespoons at a time on an empty stomach.\n\nWater Drinking water in various fashions has been an age-old cure. Here are several variations. Plug your ears and drink a glass of ice cold water; or slowly sip a cup of warm water; sip a cup of warm water with honey in it. For infants:  hiccups usually disappear in 5-10 minutes. If hiccups do not disappear, give the baby a bottle of sugar water. Mix one-quarter teaspoon of sugar with four ounces of water.\n\nPlay "hear no evil." Some doctors recommend that you put your fingers in your ears - and not because they don't want you to hear yourself hiccop. It seems that branches of the vagus nerve also reach into the suditory system, and by stimulating the nerver endings there, the vagus nerve goes into action. Of course, other doctors insist that you should never put anything smaller than you elbow in you ear in order to avoid irritating or damaging the ear canal. So if you do decide to try this hiccup reliever, be gentle, and don't stick your fingers too far into your ears.
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Hiccups are caused by spasm in the diaphragm, a muscle that lies under your lungs, basically it's a 'nervous twitch' in the diaphragm. If you can force the diaphragm to contract through one or two spasms it will 'reset' itself and the twitch will vanish.\n\nWhen you hold your breath you contract the diaphragm, and when you drink you hold your breath. So by taking along drink you are forcing yourself to hold your breath and  hopefully removing the twitch.\n\n\nA better cure is simply to hold your nose and close your mouth while 'breathing' out slightly for 30 seconds. Like you do to reset popped ears, but keep it up for at least 30 seconds.\n\nSame principle but it works far better than drinking water.
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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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Join the Club;\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ais_0_mi7bIuM8xOSMy8RRYezKIX?p=rid+hiccups
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My mother told me to drink water but i prefer holding breath. Hiccup appeared because of lack of oxygen, i think, so holding ur breath will be good. Hold for 10 seconds and do it for3 to 5 times and it will be cured!!!
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If you go outside and find a small smooth pebble.  Then you place that pebble underneath a log, your hiccups will be cured.
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i think you might be sucking in air when you eat. i find that when i eat bread(the yeast in itcauses air)i get hiccups.
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Air pockets cause hiccups,stress can too. This works for me. Take a tablesspoon of plain peanutbutter and place it in you mouth let it heat to your body temp. then swallow it down a bit at a time. Your hiccups should beat a retreat for you. Hiccups make my ribs and chest area ache painfully, almost like being hit sometimes.
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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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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\n      NOW: 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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Drink water and when you do it bring the back of ur neck fwd...like a huge gulp.It usually cures my hiccups.
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I have two tried and true methods that work quite well. First, if you have a glass of water handy, take 10-15 small sips of water without breathing. This works similiarly as holding your breath, but I think teh drinking helps calm the diaphram. The second method is good if your friend has the hiccups and it's bothering you. Ask them quickly what they had for dinner two nights ago, or another similar question that will cause them to focus. 90% of the time as they are stumbling, "Umm...let's see...I think..." their hiccups will be gone! Good luck!
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Because hiccups are the spasms in the diapraghm, you need to regulate it's movement. The best way to do this, is to take a glass of water, place the edge of the glass between your teeth, take a sip, breathe in, take a sip, breathe out, take a sip, breathe in, take a sip breathe out, slowly for a few minutes until your hiccups go away.
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I know it sounds nuts, but that hiccup trick works for me; where you get a tall cup of water, sit it on the table, and drink from the opposite side of the glass. It may have something to do with the way your air passages are as you drink\n\n\nAlso for hiccups, try a spoonful of peanut butter\n\n\nThe only real hiccup cure is one that treats the hiccups for what they really are. Hiccups are caused by the diaphragm spasming. Taking in as much air as possible, makes the lungs expand and push down on the diaphragm. This stretches the diaphragm out to it original position and shape. Hold the breath as long as possible, just don't pass out, and let it out. Voila', no more hiccups. It works every time. \n\nIf all of the above dont work.. just watch a horror movie or let something scare U.
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Drop the phone book on her head when she's not looking. \n\n\nI've also heard that you can cure hiccups by tickling. So tickle her until she slaps you, then slap her back twice as hard.