What are hiccups?!


Question: What is a hiccup, and how do you stop them? Mine are painful!


Answers: What is a hiccup, and how do you stop them? Mine are painful!

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its the irritation of the vagus nerve near your diaphragm. try holding your breath and sipping on water with a straw?

Hiccups or hiccoughs are basically spasms of the diaphragm (the muscle which assists you in breathing, and separates your abdominal organs from your chest organs). There are many remedies, folk and medicine. While 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, belching, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing, drinking alcoholic beverages to excess, crying out loud (sobbing causes air to enter the stomach), some smoking situations where abnormal inhalation can occur (in tobacco or other smoke like cannabis, perhaps triggered by precursors to coughing), electrolyte imbalance, talking too long, or from lack of vitamins. Hiccups may be caused by pressure to the phrenic nerve by other anatomical structures, or rarely by tumors and certain kidney disease. Some folk cures (in order of effectiveness):
Cutting air off from the esophagus. This is done by tipping one's head forward and downward as far as possible. It usually takes a minute. This usually does not work the first time.
Breathing slowly and deeply in while thinking 'breathing out' and breathing slowly and fully out while thinking 'breathing in'
Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach
Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth
Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva
Unless your hiccups are persistent (lasting more than a few hours) you should not go to hospital to treat them. But you should see your personal physician if they are persistenting occurring, to rule out underlying causes.
Medical treatment of hiccups uses Haloperidol (Haldol, an anti-psychotic and sedative), metoclopramide (Reglan, a gastrointestinal stimulant), and chlorpromazine (Thorazine, an anti-psychotic with strong sedative effects) are used in cases of intractable hiccups. In severe or resistant cases, baclofen, an anti-spasmodic, is sometimes required to suppress hiccups. Effective treatment with sedatives often requires a dose that renders the person either unconscious or highly lethargic. Hence, medicating singultus is done short-term, as the affected individual cannot continue with normal life activities while taking the medication.





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