Thank, God! They really tore me up and lasted the better of 4 days. Thanks to everyone who responded with tips on how to get rid of them. I tried every one, but the best for me was drinking water, holding my breath, and then lying very, very still.
Here’s a few good one’s:
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Use your thumbs to close your nostrils, and press your index fingers in your ears. This maintains pressure throughout. Get your partner to hold a glass of water so you can drink from it, long enough to cover the period between hiccoughs
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If you still have the hiccups try a spoon full of peanut butter.
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This is what I always do for hiccups. Take a full glass of water and then light a match and let it burn for a couple of seconds. Then put the match out in the glass of water. Usually that does the trick, but if it doesn't, then drink all of the glass of water.
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1. Wait for a hiccup to occur (shouldn't be too hard, right?).
2. After the hiccup, take a deep breath and hold it for about 30 seconds.
3. Concentrate on your diaphragm muscle and keep holding your breath for the full 30 seconds. This is important as you are regaining normal control of the muscle. If you hiccup during this step, take a normal breath and start over on the next hiccup.
4. Slowly let out your breath during the next 30 seconds. Again, if you hiccup during this step, start over.
5. Slowly breath in again. It's important to not breath in too fast or you'll trigger the hiccups again.
6. Once you are able to slowly breath in and out for a couple of minutes, you can then breath normally. The hiccups should be gone.
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Lime juice!
Lime juice has even worked on my most skeptical patients. In fact, I have never seen it not work. I have used lemon juice in a pinch, but lime juice is the only way to go..
P.S.
Biting into a lime usually works, but for tough cases, squeeze up to a glass. cheers!
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Half a shot glass of malt vinegar works 9 out of 10 times.
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