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Bernardo de La Paz

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7. Hiccups are air in the stomach triggering an aborted expulsion repeatedly

Mon Feb 3, 2025, 02:54 PM

Feb 3

So ... crane your neck back a little, lean back at the waist slightly, all to extend and relax the airway. Then pay careful attention to your own body and when you feel the air coalescing, squeeze slightly your diaphragm and be sure to relax the air in that instant to let the air really be expelled.

Now that I know what is happening and what to do I rarely have hiccups, only two or three cycles. Most often I feel it starting and immediately relax and expel. Voila, no hiccups.

All the other remedies like drinking water are to shake up the system to get that expulsion going. Simpler to just tune into your body, to really feeling it somatically, deep inside. There are internal sensory nerves for exactly that purpose though usually their sensations are passed to the 'unconscious' nervous system.

Become more conscious. Many many benefits besides no hiccups.

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What's your cure when you get the hiccups? I put sugar on my tongue and drink a full glass of water without stopping. [View all] debm55 Feb 3 OP

I just swallow at the same time as my hiccup and it's gone. unblock Feb 3 #1

Thank you unblock.Interesting. debm55 Feb 3 #2

Drink a little bit of bitters and then bite a slice of lime. LisaM Feb 3 #3

Thank you LisaM. debm55 Feb 3 #6

I take 12 sips of water and swallow each one separately whole holding my breath. Basso8vb Feb 3 #4

Interesting. Thank you Basso8vb. debm55 Feb 3 #8

Hiccups trueblueinmo Feb 3 #5

Thank you trueblueinmo debm55 Feb 3 #9

Hiccups are air in the stomach triggering an aborted expulsion repeatedly Bernardo de La Paz Feb 3 #7

Thank you very much for your interesting post. I will give it a try. Usually the hiccups start if I eat too fast. debm55 Feb 3 #10

Yes, then it is easy to inadvertently swallow some air if eating too fast. Commonest cause. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 3 #11

Thank you. debm55 Feb 3 #12

I just hold my breath. boonecreek Feb 3 #13

Thank you boonecreek. I have tried and it didn't work. I think after holding my breath, I take a large gulp of air in. debm55 Feb 3 #14

Deep breath, hold for as long as you are able. CanonRay Feb 3 #15

Thank you CanonRay, I have tried that and it doesn;t work for me. I am so glad it works for you debm55 Feb 3 #17

I know that this is a weird one, get a large grocery shopping bag, and put it over your head, and breath for a few SWBTATTReg Feb 3 #16

Thank you for your suggestion, SWBTATTReg debm55 Feb 3 #18

I do a Google search for cures. Emile Feb 3 #19

HAHAHHAhha Thank you Emile debm55 Feb 3 #20

Drink a glass of justaprogressive Feb 3 #21

How do you drink it upside down without the water going all over the place.?????? debm55 Feb 3 #22

ok hold water glass in hand justaprogressive Feb 3 #23

Thank you justaprogressive. debm55 Feb 3 #27

Works like a champ! happybird Feb 3 #26

I mutter a few mild oaths. Harker Feb 3 #24

Thank you Harker. No sugar? debm55 Feb 3 #28

Just plain water, debm55. Harker Feb 3 #38

Nothing. I ignore them and they go away after a little while. Seems they'd get worse if I tried to do anything about Dorothy V Feb 3 #25

Thank you Dorothy V debm55 Feb 3 #29

Hold my breath, works for me almost every time. LizBeth Feb 3 #30

Thank you LizBeth. I have tried but it doesn't work for me. debm55 Feb 3 #33

Bummer for you deb, and I mean it sincerely. Hate hiccups. LizBeth Feb 3 #41

Take your finger... OmegaX Feb 3 #31

Thank you very much OmegaX for sharing with us. debm55 Feb 3 #37

Tickle the soft upper palate of your mouth with a finger for a few seconds rurallib Feb 3 #32

Thank you ruralib. I have never tried this before. I will next time. debm55 Feb 3 #35

Hiccups have been a lifelong problem for me birdographer Feb 3 #34

Thank you very much birdographer and thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Feb 3 #36

A tablespoon of sugar has never failed to work for me. Different Drummer Feb 3 #39

Thank you Different Drummer, Sugar washed down with water works for me. debm55 Feb 3 #40