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Normal, self-limiting hiccups are triggered when the main muscle we breathe with, the diaphragm, becomes irritated and starts to spasm. The source of the problem could be that you have...
- eaten too fast or too much
- drank carbonated or Alcoholic Beverages
- swallowed too much air (perhaps from Chewing Gum, smoking or wearing loose dentures)
- been exposed to a sudden change in temperature
- experienced sudden emotional stress
Long lasting hiccups may be a symptom of one of many underlying diseases.
How to get rid of hiccups
Most of the remedies you've heard of have at least some basis of logic behind them and, at the worst, are harmless. So, while there is no known, foolproof cure for hiccups at this time, the following are worth a try:
- holding your breath or breathing into a paper bag
- having someone scare you
- swallowing ice cubes or a spoon full of sugar
- drinking water upside down or from the far side of a cup
- gargling water
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause of your diaphragm (dy-ah-fram) contract sharply inside your body. it makes you suck air into your throat. When air rushing, it hits your voice box called larynx and it makes a 'hic' sound people gets hiccups because nervous or eating too much and fast. Katara26
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∙ 15y agoNo, dogs and cats can get them too.
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Did anyone ever have hiccups last for days?
Yes, people have had hiccups last for days.
How do you make a person get the hiccups?
You can't. People often get the hiccups from eating or drinking too fast.
Does hiccups mean your growing?
no, hiccups are a twitch in the muscles around the throat. if you get hiccups more often than other people, that's not weird, everyones different
How many people die from the hiccups each year?
How many people die each year from hiccups
Why do you have hiccups?
Most common cause is a spasm of the veges nerve, which causes a twitch to occur in the diaphragm. People get hiccups for drinking to much water
Why does sugar cure hiccups?
It does not. Although there are many ideas that work for different people, hiccups are a synchronous diaphragmic flutter, caused by a disturbed diaphragm.
What is the cause of hicups?
Hiccups are usually caused by a lack of oxygen to the diaphragm. Hiccups are hard to get rid of once they start. Many people might get the hiccups just by eating a piece of bread without drinking water or another liquid.
How many people swallow blowgun darts?
The ones wiith the hiccups.
What color are your hiccups?
How am I supposed to know I don't keep track of what color my hiccups!😶😐😑
What is a sentence using the word hiccups?
My hiccups are dehabilitating.
Do people make other people fart?
No. Flatulence is produced by gasses built up within the intestinal tract. Just as you cannot get hiccups from being near someone with hiccups, passing gas is not mimicked by proximity. Yawns however, are.
Why do you get hiccups after laughing too much?
When you laugh you breathe in a lot of air and that causes hiccups
