Ways to stop the hiccups: General Health

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Here are some ways that you've probably already heard of and some other ways that you might not have heard of that could help stop the hiccups.

Swallow a teaspoon of granulated sugar - the back of the throat irritation may interrupt the hiccups.
Eat dry crackers.
Drink small, quick sips of ice water.
Breathe into a paper bag.
Hold your breath.
Bend over from the waist as far as you can, then drink a full glass of water from the far side of the glass.
Take a teaspoon of white corn syrup.
Induce sneezing by sniffing some pepper. Some people can also induce sneezing by pointing their nose at the sun.

Laughing Gravy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

There is a way, that works for me 100% of the time. Most people can do it if they concentrate hard enough.

It's related to all the above suggestions, yet it involves doing nothing silly. It involves a very simple premise. I found it here: http://www.frogstar.com/hiccup When I read it, I could see the logic, and believe me, it will work! It might seem strange, yet you should give it a try next time you have the hiccups.

I swear by it now.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Your cure is to concentrate on your next hiccup and wait for it to come? And then by doing so, the act of waiting makes it not come? I'm not sure that would work for me. I'll have to try it the next time I have hiccups, but I feel like whenever I have hiccups, I am already always waiting for the next one to come and it still comes. We'll see the next time I have them if this works...

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I sound like a velociraptor when I have the hiccups because my throat closes off and the air screeches through. I've pretty much given up on trying to get rid of hiccups, I just have fun messing with people using the odd noise now.

Y's Guy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

Laughing Gravy... I too do that... in fact I take it to the next step and pull out a $1 bill, because I am cheap, and tell the person hiccuping that if they hiccup one more time I will give them the dollar... it works 9 times out of 10.

joebert · **Site Rank:** Moderator

I tried the focusing on it thing, it worked and I didn't hiccup again. The downside though was the whole time I was focusing on it I had that feeling you get right before you hiccup where you know you're going to hiccup and you're hoping you're not going to hiccup.

That feeling is the worst part of hiccups ! :haha:

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