Pull on your tongue. Pulling on your tongue stimulates the nerves and muscles in your throat. Grab the tip of your tongue and gently pull it forward once or twice. Press on your diaphragm. Your diaphragm separates your abdomen from your lungs. Use your hand to apply pressure to the area just below the end of your sternum. Squeeze your palm. Use your thumb to apply pressure to the palm of your other hand. Massage your carotid artery. You have a carotid artery on both sides of your neck.
Lie down, turn your head to the left, and massage the artery on the right side in a circular motion for 5 to 10 seconds. Eating certain things or changing the way you drink may also help to stimulate your vagus or phrenic nerves. Drink ice water. Slowly sipping cold water may help stimulate the vagus nerve. Drink from the opposite side of the glass. Tip the glass up under your chin to drink from the far side. Drink water through a cloth or paper towel. Cover a glass of cold water with a cloth or paper towel and sip through it.
Suck on an ice cube. Suck on the ice cube for a few minutes, then swallow it once it shrinks to a reasonable size. Eat a spoonful of honey or peanut butter.
Allow it to dissolve in your mouth a bit before swallowing. Eat some sugar. Put a pinch of granulated sugar on your tongue and let it sit there for 5 to 10 seconds, then swallow.
Suck on a lemon. Some people add a bit of salt to their lemon slice. Rinse out your mouth with water to protect your teeth from the citric acid. Have an orgasm. They immediately went away after he had an orgasm. Perform a rectal massage. Another case study reports that a man with ongoing hiccups found immediate relief after a rectal massage.
Have someone surprise you. This can force you to take a deep breath, potentially interrupting the reflex arc and stopping your hiccups, Dr. Thum explains. Gargle with something like ice water. Gargling is another maneuver that can help stimulate the vagus nerve, according to research. Cold drinks may also help with this. Similarly to the methods above, this can affect your vagus nerve reflex in a way that might put an end to your hiccups.
Lean over and drink water from the far side of the glass—so try swallowing in a different way, basically! Pull on your tongue. Press on your carotid arteries. You have a carotid artery on each side of your neck, the Mayo Clinic says, and some research shows that pressing on them may affect your vagus nerve in a way that gets rid of your hiccups.
Or try pressing gently on your eyeballs through closed eyelids. This is another way to stimulate your vagus nerve, according to research. Ditto as to the reasoning here—you can try getting your vagus nerve to act right by pressing on your external ear canals. That can result in injury like scratching your ears or jamming earwax farther into your ear canals.
Try these safe and easy home remedies if hiccups are making your child uncomfortable. Have your child: Hold his or her breath and count slowly to Quickly drink a glass of cold water. Eat a teaspoon of sugar. Be safe with medicines. If the doctor prescribed medicine for your child, give it as directed. Call your doctor or nurse call line if you think your child is having a problem with his or her medicine.
To help prevent hiccups Help your child to avoid swallowing air. You can teach your child to: Eat slowly and avoid gulping food or beverages. Chew food thoroughly before he or she swallows. Avoid drinking through a straw. Avoid chewing gum or eating hard candy. Babies often get hiccups; they are a normal part of their development. Babies are not typically disturbed by hiccups. However, hiccups can sometimes disrupt feeding and sleeping.
If the hiccups do not go away after minutes, feeding should be resumed as this can also help. Feeding a baby when they are calm can help prevent hiccups from occurring. If a baby gets hiccups a lot, it could be a sign of another medical condition. Caregivers should speak to a doctor if hiccups occur frequently or upset the baby. Hiccups are a symptom in babies born addicted to drugs. It is a symptom of withdrawal or NAS neonatal abstinence syndrome. He hiccupped continuously for 68 years, from to While Osborne was preparing to slaughter a pound hog in , the animal collapsed on top of him — and so began his decades of continuous hiccupping.
Experts speculate that either a blood vessel in his brain which controlled an abdomen muscle popped, or that a muscle was pulled. Osborne underwent several operations to cure his hiccups — all of them failed. He died on May 1st, from complications from ulcers. His hiccups had stopped 1 year earlier in
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