How To Stop Hiccups?

Hiccups are something that almost everybody on this planet has experienced several times in their life. It is a very common phenomenon that almost everyone faces in their day to day life. However, they need to be halted or stopped in order to leave a restful and steady life.

Hiccups are caused when the nerve signal between the diaphragm and the spinal cords get disconnected temporarily. This disconnection leads to sucking of little air and throwing it out by the diaphragm. When this occurs in a rhythm, it is said to be hiccups. If not treated, this particular thing will keep on happening. One cannot do anything in this regard as the signal between the brain and the diaphragm is absent.

A man hasn’t stopped with his hiccups since last two years. He is under medication and is still on with his hiccups.
A myth says when someone eats something by stealing it, he or she gets hiccups.

Measures or tricks that can cure hiccups

Hiccups can be stopped or cured very easily by following these easy and simple tricks. The tricks are:

Hold your breath and count 30 in your mind and release the breath. The counting should be very slow. If time is taken into account, the time duration of holding the breath should be at least 30 seconds. Drink 10 consecutive gulps of water from the glass without releasing the breath. Hold your breath and keep on drinking water till you complete with 10 gulps.

Take a paper bag, and breathe in to it for 5 consecutive times. Arrange icy cold water, and immerse your face into it for more than 30 seconds. Take a teaspoon of dry sugar and swallow it at once. If Hiccups doesn’t stop even after all these perceptional measures, and remains for more than 24 hours, consult a doctor immediately. In case of kids, if hiccups stay for more than three hours, consult a physician immediately.