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- afx1, on 10/12/2007, -5/+534Mamma just beats me with a switch till the demons leave my body.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+125Why not just enjoy the hiccups??
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+61I actually have the hiccups right now and I decided to try this out, didn't work
It might work for you, but it's not for everyone - Sanitarium, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58Poor midgets cant reach the door frame. :(
- SEMW, on 10/12/2007, -5/+57I'd like to save some people some time.
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Hey guys I once had hiccups and all I did was [insert random action with no basis whatsoever] and it stopped them, therefor this method CURES
HICCUPS! Never mind that I have a sample size of exactly one, it wasn't controlled, and I've never heard of it working for anyone but me; I am convinced
that I have FOUND the cure that has eluded everyone for years! Hallelujah!
----------END SUMMARY---------- - Mabu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48The age old way of holding your breath works. so this guy is holding his breath and hanging on a door frame? he might as well been holding his breath and masturbating... wait, that'll make the front page of Digg next week!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40I use a cup of drain-o every time :)
- pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35prove it.
- skinnydog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32I find chugging a beer works every time.
- vsaint, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21I'm an analog man myself.
- rad4Christ, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19What if you're too short to reach the top of the door frame?
- darigaaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Placebo FTW.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18this is so inaccurate. so i'm reporting it as such.
according to Dr. Leo Spaceman, the only way to cure hiccup is by eating a meat sandwich (put 3 different meats together). but the powerful bread lobby keep stopping his research. - gadgetuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15A friend of mine surprised me by curing my hiccups once. I'd hiccupped twice so he offered me £1 for every subsequent hiccup.... but I couldn't any more - even though I wanted to.
I've tried it on others and it always seems to work, maybe something to do with the fact that hiccups are involuntary so when you actually try to hiccup it breaks the reflex that causes it in the first place. - choy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12This is the only scientifically proven method:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2299306&dopt=Abstract
Digital rectal massage!
Now try that next time and if you're not disgusted out of your hiccups enough to vomit, you're probably enjoying it.... - gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Digital Rectal Massage? Someone must have been /really/ desperate.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Doorowned.
- afx1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@dcatts "The method I always used was putting a match out in a glass of water and then drinking the water. 60% of the time it works everytime."
It's hard to hiccup when you're busy vomiting. - nicku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Hiccup cures listed at emedicine.com:
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic252.htm
Among them:
* Vagal stimulation (Only one technique at a time is recommended.)
o Iced gastric lavage
o Valsalva
o Carotid sinus massage (only by experienced personnel after exclusion of contraindications)
o Digital ocular globe pressure (only by experienced personnel after exclusion of contraindications)
o Digital rectal massage
o Interference with normal respiratory function - Breath holding, hyperventilation, gasping (ie, fright), breathing into a paper bag (increases partial pressure of carbon dioxide), pulling knees up to chest and leaning forward, continuous positive airway pressure, rebreathing 5% carbon dioxide
o Mental distraction - For example, ask the patient to "think of a loved one remembering you." An inventive naval doctor achieved success by offering $10 if the patient could continue to hiccup immediately.
Really like how they snuck digital rectal massage in the middle of the list. - sirloin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8cronic hickuper
seen doc and all
mouth full of sugar changed my life
i never go anywhere without packets of sugar in my pocket.
not just a taste of sugar.. 3 packets - bigfatelvis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Hold your breath, count to a million... cured. And, you'll never get hiccups again.
- PointManGames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Aren't you going to take me out to dinner first?
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7whats wrong with you people? hiccups are fun. when i get them, i try to keep them.
- TheKillDoctor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7A real hard punch in the stomach by a good friend will cure it every time.
- washcapsfan37, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10That's my universal cure for everything.
Got a cold? Chug a beer.
Stubbed your toe? Chug a beer.
Girlfriend left you? Chug a beer. Then another.. and another... - MikeWeller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8owned
- SimonSimian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6That method was mentioned here on digg a couple of months ago: http://digg.com/health/What_Causes_Hiccups
"My 100% sure fire way to get rid of them:
My gf introduced me to this. When I'd hiccup, she'd say "If you hiccup again, you can stick it in my ass." For the absolute life of me, I CANT HICCUP!!! Every single time I hiccup, she'll offer something incredible, I'll do my best to hiccup, but they are gone immediately!
As soon as you try to hiccup, you can't. Seriously, this works 100% of the time. I was really upset when I couldn't hiccup to get a DB9 :( She can afford one too!"
I laughed so hard it cured my hiccups. - funkspiel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Digital rectal massage?
- AndiSue50, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I get hiccups all the time. Here's what I found works: Take a deep breath, and then while holding your breath take about 10 sips of water (or other drink).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The 12 second cure?
The author suggests to " Maintain this stretched position for 30-60 seconds while holding a big breath. "
Hmmmm.... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5only the weak-minded suffer from hiccups
- AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Every time you hiccup, shoot somebody.
- dgh1973, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It seems like it would work... ultimately it's all about stretching out your diaphragm so holding a deep breath, stretching, 220, 221, whatever it takes.
- TheRealM3D, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I was semi-famous on my college campus for being able to "coach" hiccups away. First the guys in my dorm would come to me if they got a bad case but eventually word spread of what I could do and people would come up to me in the dining hall and in hallways between classes if they had hiccups and ask to have them coached away.
Essentially it works on the same principle as what someone described above by offering someone money to hiccup again. During my coaching sessions, I would ask the person to tell me when they were going to next hiccup. They had to tell me just before it would happen, at least that was what I told them. Then I would speak very rapidly, constantly reminding them to tell me when the next hiccup was coming. What I was really doing was training their brain to focus on the diaphram, which brought those muscles back under voluntary control and stopped the hiccups. People used to grin from ear to ear when I was done because besides being an absolutely ridiculous cure of hiccups, it worked every time. - Spooky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Heaping tablespoon of peanut butter has cured mine for many years. People are amazed when they try it, unless they are allergic to peanuts, then they react differently for some reason. But it really does work.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7A beer a day keeps the doctor away!
- SirTezzy, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14In Soviet Russia, hiccups cure you!
- Hoov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah I take a sip, wait a second, take another sip, wait a second, another sip ... usually after 7 sips I'm good to go.
- koven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Next time someone gets the hiccups tell them you'll give them £10 if they can do one more hiccup. They won't be able to.
Once you concentrate on trying, the brain gets the diaphragm back under control. So, next time just concentrate on trying to hiccup and they will stop. No need to be climbing up door frames or putting knives on your nose. - DDRRE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The cure is to archive the hiccup sound, breathe in and breathe out 55 times until the hiccups look like a tv when you shout.
(c) Infinite Solutions - j37hr0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I don't know if this will work, but hey it's worth a shot the next time I have hiccups if I remember to try it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+312 seconds? a glass of water cures min in about 3
- Enasni1212, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This actually makes sense. Since hiccups are caused by diaphragm spasms, stretching that muscle seems like a good way to stop them. Holding my breath for about 30 seconds usually works for me, though.
- altinnovation, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It also includes a picture of cure in action!
Haha, digging this - Sizzor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've been trying to figure out a way to get the hiccups. Any ideas?
- solvable, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So, If I go to the doctor for extreme hiccups I could get a digital rectal massage?
I normally have to pay for that. - swOhio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A hiccup is caused by an involuntary sapsm sent by the vagus nerve.
Placing a teaspoon of sugar under your tongue temporarily activates nerves which causes the spasms to be ignored as the sugar is now the main focus of the system.
It's worked pretty flawlessy for me. The guy who reccomended digital rectal massage also said reaching orgasm is just as effective so it' sex or sugar, which ever one is available.... ::reaches for bag of sugar:: - AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's called Murphy's Law
- TRON84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I just hold my breath till i pass out. This also works for ackward conversations.
- HMMaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I also use this method to cure hiccups. And it works almost every time and fast too!
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