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OT- Hiccup Cure

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Botch
Botch Posts: 15,485
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Back when I was a teenager I used to get the hiccups bad beyond comprehension: would last, continuously, for three or four days and I'd end up losing 10 to 15 pounds (not funny when you're a 169-lb, 6'5" beanpole).  Mom took me to the doctor a couple times, and I tried every single "cure" known then (this was prior-internetz, of course).  Nothing worked.
Now, at 57, I get hiccups maybe twice a year, and they're gone in half a day or so.  But my earlier experiences still drives me insane when it happens.  Last time (a few months ago), and again just now, I got so mad I punched myself in the stomach, as hard as I could.  
It works!  I might be a bit sore tomorrow but it immediately made the hiccups quit.  Hiccups are an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm muscles, and maybe by overloading them with pain messages they forget about the "let's-convulse-together-every-seven-seconds-just-to-piss-off-the-guy-upstairs" messages.  I'll let the medical/biological/physiological folks here theorize why, but it's a relief to me to have a solution.  
FWIW.
     
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    I Effin HATE the hiccups. 
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
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    This. Is not solid medical advice. But I love the go getter attitude. Well played. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Drink 2T of pickle juice, turn around 3 times and imagine Hillary is your next president. Be sure to be close to a commode.  Cured.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,292
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    There are more "hiccup cures" than there are ways to skin a cat, but I've always found the drink-water-upside-down-from-the-far-side-of-the-glass trick to be highly effective.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,624
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    Was there a time when skinning a cat needed more than one way?   Or wasn't really weird?
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,485
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    Legume said:
    Was there a time when skinning a cat needed more than one way?   Or wasn't really weird?
    That phrase actually originated from skinning catfish.  I know at least three ways, and they're not weird.   =)
    And now I'm hungry for some Texas-fried catfish, or at least Mom-fried bullheads.  
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    "Pro-Life" would be twenty students graduating from Sandy Hook next month  


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,485
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    ...and I probably just derailed my own thread.  Oh bother.  
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    "Pro-Life" would be twenty students graduating from Sandy Hook next month  


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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    @Botch man that sucks.  

    I just googled it, and it it seems that Medical Marijuana has been quite effective in curing intractable hiccups.

    Phoenix 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,624
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    Damn, another gap in stuff I know plugged since moving to texas.  Fwiw, I've only nailed their heads to a tree and skinned with a sharp knife and pliers.  Catfish, that is.
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,824
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    GrateEggspectations said:
    There are more "hiccup cures" than there are ways to skin a cat, but I've always found the drink-water-upside-down-from-the-far-side-of-the-glass trick to be highly effective.
    This.  Especially if you're in a bar and you actually stand on your head.
    NOLA
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    Use this Hillary nutcracker on your own.....gone.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Ask your doctor about a prescription for bethanechol. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • chadpsualum
    chadpsualum Posts: 409
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    I usually have 2 methods which I go-to.  First I try to hold my breath long enough to generate 3 mouthfuls of saliva, swallowing each one.

    If that doesn't work I chug a large glass of water with a metal spoon inside.  Not sure why...but it works (for me).
    North Pittsburgh, PA
    1 LGE
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
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    I don't get the hiccups hardly ever.  My wife gets them occasionally and she will drink water through a straw while plugging her ears.  Works for her every time.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • BigGreenKev
    BigGreenKev Posts: 253
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    Upside down water usually works.   The best one though I learned from a bartender and works when  nothing else does.   Slice of a lemon with some bitters on it and then suck the juice. 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    BOO
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,893
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    Don't laugh. But this works for me as well as my wife. Using a small juice glass with cold water place a heavy handled dinner knife in the water blade down. Next hold the knife handle against your face pointed toward your temple and quickly drink down the water! Presto they are gone!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    I take as much air as I can possibly fit into my lungs then hold breath as long as I think I can +5 extra seconds.  Works every time.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    I drink until I pass out, works every time 
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
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    And the pundits criticized our waterboarding techniques. But, all we were trying to do is rid them of hiccups. The trick is rapid succession of liquid with little chance breathing. :fearful:  
    It's science so there's no arguing bit¢he's. :lol:
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 4,973
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    GrateEggspectations said:
    There are more "hiccup cures" than there are ways to skin a cat, but I've always found the drink-water-upside-down-from-the-far-side-of-the-glass trick to be highly effective.
    This has worked for me, too. I don't care how, I just care that it works!
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 4,973
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    @GrateEggspectations, This has worked for me, too. I don't care how, I just care that it works!
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • FunkytownEgger
    FunkytownEgger Posts: 20
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    If you have any peppermint essential oil, put a few drops of it in the palm of your hand and rub your palms together, then cup your hands together in front of your mouth and breath it in (through the mouth).  It will relax the muscles and make the hiccups stop almost immediately.  My wife didn't believe me until I made her try it for herself.
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
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    Vinegar works for me. A big gulp of it.
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • NecessaryIndulg
    NecessaryIndulg Posts: 1,298
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    Kissing... works every time.  :smiley:
    I'm Kristi ~ Live in FL ~ BGE since 2003.
    I write about food & travel on Necessary Indulgences.      You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 903
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    Best cure I know (and it has always worked for me) is this:
    Take a spoonful of sugar and throw it as hard as you can so it hits the back of your throat, bypassing your tongue as much as possible. Swallow and relax.

    Simple and remarkably effective.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage

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    Department of Internal Medicine B, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Golomb Ave., P. O. Box 4940, Haifa 31048, Israel.

    Abstract

    Abstract. A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.


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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Digital rectal massage works with many ailments. Checking level of consciousness, stimulating peristalsis, assessing for spinal cord injury... Really, it's an under-utilized practice that you can use at home to the delight* of your family and friends!


    *this depends on how comfortable you are with your friends, that is.
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262
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    This thread just took a disturbing turn.

    Phoenix 
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,971
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    Now you all have another use for the box of nitrile gloves you keep for "grilling"
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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