no you do not grow when you get hick ups. ( i wanna write it that way) what does make you grow up ... veggies and fruits and playing basketball. hope this helped and this does not include gibberish or whatever... don't listen to the dingbot or whatever.. :D

A spasm of the diaphragm

Hiccups are usually a result of irritated or inflamed diaphragmatic muscles in the abdomen. Usually some external irritant is involved, as food allergies or even some medications. Short of going to a physician for an anti-nausea medication like Phenergan or Compazine, there's not much over the counter of any real help. Some people find that repeated cycles of taking in deep breaths and holding for 30 second cycles may be helpful.

I usually use vinegar whenever having hiccup because the sour taste of vinegar can help distract me from hiccups. Another way is lemon since it has the sour taste too. Regarding vinegar, I only need to drink a little dosage of it and finish with water.

well if you mean you want to get rid of them then hears my secret>S< yes more than one 1.THINK OF AN HORSE WITH AN HORN ON ITS HEAD (NOT A UNICORN!!) 2.HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 15 SECONDS. 3.DRINK LOADS OF FIZZY DRINKS TO MAKE YOU BURP. 4.CLASSIC...GET SOMEONE TO SCARE YOU. 5.TAKE YOUR MOND OFF IT. AND THE LAST!! 6.HAVE AN LAUGHING FIT!!!

The hiccups occur when the vagus nerve is irritated (which is a nerve that runs from the abdomen to the brain). They best way to stop it is to make the body forget about it tricking it to think something more important is going on. One way to do this is to hold you breath, this makes the levels of carbon dioxide rise so your body is more concerned about lowering the levels which then makes it switch to dealing with that .

While we don't have an exact date, we do know that this condition was known in ancient times-- the Greek philosopher Plato mentioned it in his famous work "The Symposium, " back in 380 B.C. E.

Well, the answer to your question is that

holding your breath does not stop hiccups.

In fact, pouring yourself a drink of anything, really,

and bending your neck down, then drinking it, stops them.

I'm laughing at this answer, because as you drink a whole glass of "anything, really", whether your neck is bent down, up, or sideways ... unless you are holding your breath while you do so, it doesn't work. if you are drinking AND breathing, that's called "sipping", and it does nothing to help your hiccups. but if you are NOT drinking anything, but just taking the biggest breath you can take and then holding it as long as you can, the hiccups go away. it may take more than one try ...but it works. EVERY TIME. i'm no doc, but i just did it right now, this very second.it took 2 tries, but it works. EVERY TIME, with drinking, without drinking, with my neck holding ANY way whatsoever ...it's all about the breath, and holding it does the trick. i've heard, "eat a spoonful of sugar", "drink vinegar" "drink a glass of water upside down" lay on your side and whistle dixe out your butt as hard as you can (ok, that last i just made up to press the POINT =) ... that no matter WHAT remedy you go for ...it's the holding your breath THRU that exercise that does the trick. i mean, really, when was the last time you whistled dixie out your tuckas without holding your breath WHILE you were doing it, hmm? EXACTLY. hold your breath. hold it long, hold it strong, just do it. it works. they WILL go away. =]

im doing a speech on hiccups myself.

try starting with the top 5 worst places to get the hiccups

or how you came across the ideaof this speech topic or you could say how embarrasing it would be to be doing a speech and suddenly be attacked with a case of hiccups

In the first book hes 10.5. In the 6th book hes 12 years old with his little annoying dragon Toothless who's 3 years.

Hiccups are involuntary spasms of the lungs associated with esophageal irritations. They are triggered by the phrenic and vagus nerves.

Well I have been hiccuping in my sleep since I was about 6 years old and it has never done me any harm, I am now 23. When I was younger my parents used to tell me that the hiccups were so loud that they could hear them from downstairs whilst I was upstairs. As I have got older they have become less frequent, but by no means disappeared. No idea what triggers them either, they just happen some nights. They are so bad they wake me up, but not enough to keep me from falling straight back to sleep once I have got rid of them (I normally just hold me breath for a second and they go). Sometimes I am told by my boyfriend that I had been hiccuping in my sleep again and only then is it I remeber waking up with them. I asked my doctor about them once before as I was worried they were dangerous and caused by me not breathing properly whilst I slept, but he said that he had never heard of that before, but it should be nothing to worry about, more irritating than anything else. The fact I have been having them for 17 years of my life makes me think that they are probably just a quirky thing that I have... and the fact that this question has been asked means I am not alone.

Virtually everyone experiences hiccups, but they rarely last long or require a doctor's care. Occasionally, a bout of hiccups will last longer than two days, earning it the name

Water does not directly help hiccups but while focusing on drinking the water your diaphragm relaxes. Based on my personal experiences, water does not help hiccups. Neither does a good scare or stand on your head. The only thing I know that works is a teaspoon of dry sugar. What is the science behind it, I have no idea; but I can swear in court that it have work each and every time.

You have to eat things that are not raw like cook vegetables and fruits :)

Sporadic hiccups are usually harmless. But persistant hiccups may be the sign of something more serious. If you hiccup for a few minutes at a time you'll probably be fine, but if you have hiccups for a large amount of time, see a doctor.

I think you can. You eat something really hot( in temperature not spiciness) then drink something really cold right after you take a bite. It happens to me a lot when i do it so maybe it will work on other people.