hiccups!!!

**petrie86** · 12-04-2006, 03:21 AM

Does anyone know how to get rid of hiccups? I'm at work and i need to be able to talk on the phone without having the hiccups haha.... any suggestions??

**Trishann** · 12-04-2006, 03:28 AM

My husband always tell us to take a teaspoon of sugar. Sometimes it works.

***ICNDonna*** · 12-04-2006, 05:54 AM

The only thing that will stop them for me is to take antacids and drink warm water. If regular antacids don't work, I resort to baking soda in warm water. I shouldn't have it due to the sodium, but hiccups are horrible when I get them.

Donna

**GriffsMommy** · 12-04-2006, 06:10 AM

I know this is going to sound really weird, but here it goes, put a knife in a glass of water and put the handle of the knife on your forehead while you drink the water. It always works for me. Don't know if you would have a knife at work though.

**pingpong** · 12-04-2006, 05:08 PM

A spoonful of sugar works, as long as you swallow it dry - don't let it melt in your mouth. Apparently, it works by irritating some nerve (or whatever) in your esophagus. I remember reading somewhere that swallowing sand would work just as well, but sugar is much more palatable!

***ICNDonna*** · 12-04-2006, 05:21 PM

When I was a little girl and got the hiccups, my father would look at me seriously and order me to hiccup --- I couldn't! It cured me every time. Now that he's gone, I have to go the antacid route.

Donna

**pingpong** · 12-05-2006, 04:36 AM

Donna, somewhere I read that if you want to keep yourself from crying, use the same reverse psychology: tell yourself to cry! It works - this is especially helpful for those of us who cry at the drop of a hat - saves us from the embarrassment of crying when nobody else is!

**SrMaggie** · 12-05-2006, 02:16 PM

I just saw a show - something about stories in the ER. This lady had hiccups for days. The doctors tried everything. They put the sugar on the tongue and let it sit - I think.
I try taking a very deep breath and holding it for as long as I can. Somehow I think I heard that it is the diaphram in spasms. I think taking the deep breath that pushes on that perhaps gives it a rest.
Just a little trivia - one of the popes had terrible bouts of hiccups. Hey - use it on Jeopardy.