Hiccups

[kermit911]

What is a hiccup? What Causes Hiccups? and How can you stop a Hiccup? My wife gets them all the time and they hurt her. I've never had a hiccup hurt me, just annoy me. Thanx

[singhster]

Not sure exactly what a hiccup is, but it's something to do with the diaphragm movement.

Solution -  whilst holding your nose drink 10 sips of water from a glass.  By the 10th sip you can barely breath and feel a drowning sensation.  Apparently this counteracts the diaphragm movement.  Every time I've tried it, it works and my girlfriend has the loudest hiccups I've ever heard!

[Clanad]

A hiccup is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" noise. It is sometimes written as hiccough, though this spelling is becoming archaic. Take your pick of all the cures.  Some extreme cases have lasted for years, even with medical intervention...

[mystress]

kermit,

If you wife gets hiccups all the time,and they hurt her;she should really consult her GP.It could be a symptom of something else!

[mystress]

PS The World Record for hiccups is held by an American woman,she hicupped solidly for 13 years!!

Even after Medical Intervention they returned,in the end she prayed to St Jude(The Patron Saint of Lost Causes) and what do you,they went!

[leandrews]

well, you can try pressing your acupresseure points just behind your earlobes. if you press them hard at the same time, you hiccups should disappear...

[kermit911]

Thanx Guys, What is a GP?

[mystress]

Sorry kermit!,In the UK a GP is you local Doctor,I keep forgetting you might be in another country! LOL

[Solarjunkie]

My occasionally painful hiccoughs were cured (incidentally) by cranial osteopathic treatment - I only went with a back problem, and that was an unexpected bonus!

[Petong]

Seated at table...full glass of water...forefinger of each hand placed in ears...sip water...never known failure