The Ultimate Hiccup Cure

Doctors don't really know what causes hiccups which are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm...a muscle separating the lungs and abdominal area in your torso.  We've all had them and the hiccups can be almost impossible to get rid of. I've had cases that have lasted up to an hour.  Prior to this new hiccup cure that I'm about to share with you the second more effective technique has been a technique that a friend taught me years ago. This technique was to take a deep breath, hold and steadily increase the amount of air in your lungs by adding air little by little until your diaphragm stretches out.  Just like relieving a cramped calf muscle this stretches out the diaphragm and stops the spasming.  This technique has worked about 70% of the time for me. 

Recently, I learned a technique that my boyfriend, Jamie, devised during his bartending days over 25 years ago.  It has worked 100% of the time that I have seen it work and it works immediately.  It also seems to give us a hint as to what is really going on during a hiccup attack.  You are about the learn the ultimate hiccup technique but it does not seem to work on the individual who knows what to do during a hiccup attack.  You can astound your friends with your ability to get rid of their hiccups but will not likely be able to get rid of your own episode with this same technique (sorry about that). 

Here is what to do (it's so very simple).  When someone has hiccups ask them their middle name.  As they think of their name, it immediately and permanently stops the hiccups.  Ok, that's it.  I don't think the particular question is as important but the mental diversion seems to be imperative.  Don't preface the question with anything, just ask the question. The question usually stuns the individual into answering the question and during the thinking of the answer the hiccups stop.  The question seems to need to be one that the person with the hiccups knows the answer to and can remember the answer.  So don't ask them a question they don't know the answer to or something that requires mental calculation. It's best to ask them their own middle name, not yours.  Or if they already know the trick ask them a similar question requiring them to use their memory centers.

I think that this indicates that hiccups have to do with the brain and signals from the brain rather than a locally isolated problem such as a muscle contraction of the diaphragm.  Otherwise, I can't think why this technique would work repeatedly and on everyone I've seen it performed on.  On Friday, Jamie's friend came up to him with hiccups that he had had for over an hour, asked if Jamie knew what to for hiccups and Jamie responded with the "What's your middle name?" question.  As his friend answered, the hiccups disappeared immediately.  It was this particular event that I witnessed that reminded me to tell you about the very important cure to a very annoying issue.  This technique seems to work regardless of what initially caused the hiccups.  Try it out on your friends and let me know if it works for you.

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[doc]

One of the nurses told me of a remedy: drink water through a straw while closing the ears with your hands. I have tried it multiple times on patients and have been very pleased with the results.

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[tc]

the middle name thing works all the time...I tell my friends about it all the time. && it works on yourself as well. I just had the hiccups not less then 10mins ago and asked myself my middle name in my head and they stopped immediately.

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This is so good to know. I think we all have experienced that kind of hiccup where it just won't go away no matter what we do. It can be annoying.

Thanks for sharing your tips!