Plain raspberryjam, no kidding. It always works!

It depends on why and where you have them I think. Hiccups are in part meant to dislodge food stuck in your throat, but it goes off for other reasons too...

 

This is my theory, anyway:

 

I think that if it's being caused in the breathing part of of your throat probably by a little kink there, taking as big of a breath as you can and holding it as long as you can will straighten everything out and make them stop.

 

If it's in the eating part of your throat, drinking a big glass of water will work because the swallowing will untangle everything.

 

If however the problem is a nerve/electrical thing- like on days you get the hiccups every couple of hours, the best solution is a spoonful of white sugar. Supposedly the sugar shorts out and resets the nerves in your throat as it dissolves going down.

It depends on why and where you have them I think. Hiccups are in part meant to dislodge food stuck in your throat, but it goes off for other reasons too...

 

This is my theory, anyway:

 

I think that if it's being caused in the breathing part of of your throat probably by a little kink there, taking as big of a breath as you can and holding it as long as you can will straighten everything out and make them stop.

 

If it's in the eating part of your throat, drinking a big glass of water will work because the swallowing will untangle everything.

 

If however the problem is a nerve/electrical thing- like on days you get the hiccups every couple of hours, the best solution is a spoonful of white sugar. Supposedly the sugar shorts out and resets the nerves in your throat as it dissolves going down.

 

Hiccups are just random diaphragm spasms. It's Documented.

 

I think the swallowing cures, since they use muscles voluntarily, help sort out the spasming. if that makes sense. Holding your breath, too, coz the diaphragm doesn't really move when you hold your breath, so obviously that would sort out spasms too.

^^I thought hiccups were only caused by a diaphragm dysfunction :thinking:

 

Edit: yeah Sara you're right :nice:

^I thought hiccups were only caused by a diaphragm dysfunction :thinking:

 

This!

 

I cure them by drinking out of a cup backwards, cos it makes you breathe in a certain way and you are bent over

^I thought hiccups were only caused by a diaphragm dysfunction :thinking:

 

yeah... random diaphragm spasms are pretty damn dysfunctional you know :P

Scare them away

yeah... random diaphragm spasms are pretty damn dysfunctional you know :P

Hey, don't show off, english is not my mother tongue :snobby:

:P it's easier if you go to advanced search and use the "search titles only " option :)

 

Ah, thanks again! :D

 

Sometimes hiccups sound cute :wacky:

 

I get that all the time from my friends. :P

 

Scare them away

 

My Spanish teacher from 8th grade used to do that...:uhoh:

 

 

These are all such interesting fixes! I kind of want to get hiccups again just so I can try them all out :shy: