How to Stop Hiccups

What are hiccups, why do we get them, and what can we do about them?



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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[Co-kmcl]

There hasn't been a really awkward Dr. Greger Video... UNTIL NOW

[jefflebowski]

Me to nurse: "Can you help me with my hiccups"
Nurse: "Sure what do you have in mind?"
Me: "Well Dr Greger said sex will cure me"
Nurse: "Security!"

[andiw]

I learned a simple vagus nerve stimulation technique of putting your chin to your chest and swallowing, preferably while drinking water. This works for me every time, and doesn't involve possibly dangerous eye-poking, nor unmentionables.

[pmw]

I drink water from the far side of the glass. Works immediately, and every time, for me. I was told this method by a friend in my teens, and I am now 63. Whenever I have recommended it to others, it has always worked for them as well, if they do it right. I sometimes find they sip instead of drink. That doesn’t work, but when they correct it, it does.

[bam]

The Dagnini-Aschner Maneuver, or DAM, otherwise known as the Digital Ass Massage. LOL Thanks for the laughs!

[carbedupkayla]

So, I'm already subscribed and I was going through my videos and happen to have they were gone by the time the video finished and no climax required, darn lol

[JustOneAsbesto]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure sexual assault would stop me from hiccupping too.

[aovint]

This was the funniest video yet. Keep it up Doc.

[cindyblack]

Any time I get hiccups, I stop, slow my breathing and meditate. It works like a charm every time and only takes 30 seconds to a couple minutes.

[russell]

Thanks Doc that was absolutely hilarious!

[themormonn]

Hello Doc. Thanks for all the valuable info you give and for your work. I am a long time fan and long enthusiast about plant basted diet and healthy lifestyle generally, I had leukemia when I was 6 and my father died few years ago because of the leukemia, and thats how I started to dig about the topics...You ve told that youre starting your page in spanish now, I would like to ask if there is any possibility to somehow contribute by translating into my mother tongue(Czech), I am from Czech Republic a small country next to the Germany, with about 10 mil inhabitants but I consider your informations and work as very important to spread around...Thank you for response and keep up the good work. Youre the best. You have changed my opinion about doctors generally for much better.

[lulgate]

The eye ball thing honestly worked for me. It hurts but worked. I guess its changing the focus of the mind....I am not sure

[SpiritualInsanity]

I used to have a school teacher who had a brilliant cure for hiccups. When ever a class member was affected by them, he'd ask them to come the front of the class, he'd then put a book in their hand and make them turn the book over repeatedly and alternate this with each hand. He would then send that person back to their seat without saying another word. The whole class would sit their bemused wondering what the teacher was on until about 10 minutes later when he'd ask the class member how the hiccups were, and off course they were gone because the teacher had distracted the whole class so successfully that we'd all forgotten about them. Failing that, I find drinking a glass of water backwards never lets me down, although sometimes it may take a second glass for it to work.

[brunettebunny]

I put my fingers in my ears and it always works for me

[MikoVanara]

I just use mediation. I just focus on the area that the hiccups are coming from and my breathing and they are gone in like a minute.

[waltersumofan]

1 glass of water, swallow 9 times (or as many as you can) without stopping (no air between gulps). If it doesn't work the first time, do it a second time. I've never had to do it three times. Seems to steady the breathing and causes a burp sometimes. I'll need a two year study and a generous $$$ research grant

[WhiteKitta]

In my Country the remedy for hiccups is very simple, ....ask the person who has the hiccups what they eat all day yesterday, after they think about it for a  view sec. and tell you the hiccups just strange I know, but it works for some reason...

[downbntout]

Oh Dr. Greger, you're just out to have fun here.

[tommcann]

Thank god one study spelt it hiccough, I thought I had the Mandela effect. Just turns out I was taught to spell from a very, very old teacher!

[sidilicious]

We found that slow, focused breathing will calm hiccups and helped them dissipate faster.