The Hiccups

[Clear.tranquil]

Although there are many home remedies online, none worked for me.

I had the hiccups since Friday around 3:30 while I was scarfing down some succulent tamales in hot sauce.

It lasted until Sunday around 5-,- and if i burped or sneezed, they would return temporarily.


It was awful and at times spasmful.


Anyone share any similar event?

[SlickWilly440]

I remember on the Today Show, they interview this girl can had Chronic Hiccups, she was hiccuping throughout the how interview process. Even while the other anchors were talking about something else (and the camera was not panned to her), you could still hear her hiccuping.

I will see if I can find link to the video.

Edit: here is the link to the girl with hiccups: http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/2/Hiccup-for-3-weeks-231324.html

Anyone share any similar event?

Now that you mention it, during elementary and middle school I had constant diccups. I just saw something and for some reason, which I couldn't figure out at the time, it would just go up.

It was awful and at time spasmful b/c I was wearing pants that didn't leave much room for expansion.

Anyone share any similar event?

[Micah the Great]

Yeah... i had the hiccups one time for like 2.5 days. Wow... it sucked a lot and i hated it... a lot. Just eventually went away though, don't really remember why or how.

[haterllnation]

Now that you mention it, during elementary and middle school I had constant diccups. I just saw something and for some reason, which I couldn't figure out at the time, it would just go up.



Interesting. :watson:

I had a mild case of hiccups last week and I just held my breath until it went away. It actually worked, which surprised me. That's my story.

[Stephy]

Try having them for more than 3-4 years now! >=[ I don't know how or why they started. I get between 1-6 very high pitched hiccups just about every hour, everyday. I believe they do occur in my sleep since they have woken me up before. Anyone who has skyped with me or met me in person from this forum would know what I mean. :( They hurt sometimes if they come out one right after another.

I tend to get them most and just about every single time, during/after I eat or drink something.

I think they're called chronic hiccups, but it's nothing compared to those who have it one right after the other all day, each day.

I got my nickname at my old job and high school as mousey because of how they sound.

[SlickWilly440]

I got my nickname at my old job and high school as mousey because of how they sound.

No offense, but that sounds really cute...mousey.

[japanat]

BBC NEWS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2730251.stm

Scientists believe they may be able to explain why people hiccup.

Researchers in France have suggested that it may be linked to evolution and the fact that our ancient ancestors lived in the sea. They believe it may be a throwback to a time when our ancestors had gills to help them breathe....

Ultrasound scans show that two-month-old babies hiccup in the womb, before any breathing movements appear.

... latest theory, originally published in the journal BioEssays and reported in New Scientist magazine, says the key to hiccuping lies in a group of animals for whom combining closure of the glottis and contraction of the "breathing in" muscles does serve a clear purpose. They are the primitive air breathers, such as lungfish, gar and many amphibians that still possess gills.

A group of scientists led by Christian Straus, at Pitie-Saltpetriere Hospital in Paris believes the brain circuitry controlling gill ventilation has persisted into modern mammals, including humans. The researchers point to many similarities between hiccuping and gill ventilation in animals such as tadpoles. Both are inhibited when the lungs are inflated, for example, and by high carbon dioxide levels in air or water.

There must, however, be a reason why hiccuping persists 370 million years after animals started hauling themselves onto the land.

Suckling

Straus and his colleagues suspect the habit has been adapted to a new use - helping mammals learn to suckle. The sequence of movements during suckling is similar to hiccuping, with the glottis closing to prevent milk entering the lungs. If the theory is correct, most of the nerves cells that are active during suckling should also fire during hiccuping. So it's clear... either hold your breath until you turn blue (or breathe into a sack), or suck something... :clap:

[Takuto]

Ice cold water usually does the trick for me.

[farstrider]

...or suck something... :clap:

I'll definitely be trying this cure next time I come down with the hiccups :yes:

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