Hiccups!!!! I had the hiccups and was very irritated by them so my question for the week is what is a hiccup, how did I get it, and how do I make them go away?
Hiccups are contractions of the diaphragm muscle. When your diaphragm gets irritated it contracts in a jerking way. Now, this jerking makes you suck air into your throat and when the air does this, it hits your vocal box and out pops a hiccup.
Eating fast causes hiccups because you swallow air with your food. Eating spicy or fatty foods will cause hiccups. Chewing gum, drinking carbonated drinks, and drinking alcohol fast also causes hiccups.
To treat hiccups you need to find something that will build carbon dioxide into you blood. Also by stimulating the vagus nerve—the nerve that runs from your brain down to your abdomen. This nerve is responsible for your speech, sweating, heart rate, breathing and more.
To build Carbon dioxide you can:
Hold your breath or place a teaspoon of sugar under your tounge
To stimulate the vagus nerve:
Drink a glass of water quickly or pull hard on your tounge
Other remedies:
Scare yourself
Use smelling salts
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