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What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 11 points 9 months ago* (13 children)

If you have the hiccups, putting a facial tissue over a glass of water and drinking through it will fix them.

I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard, but I tried it and it works pretty much every time. Paper towels can work, but aren't as effective

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I take 10 sips of water while holding my breath. Works.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The tissue basically forces you to take those sips very slowly, which I think is what helps. The holding my breath trick almost never works the first time for me.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Breathing in as much as possible and holding it for as long as possible usually works. S

    It's sorta like allowing the diaphragm to fully relax, with the expanded lungs helping to lightening the tension from the ribs.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, apparently something along those lines has been shown to work:

    Drinking through a straw with the ears plugged is a folk remedy that can be successful.[34] In 2021, a scientific tool with a similar basis was tested on 249 hiccups subjects; the results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).[35][34] This device is named FISST (Forced Inspiratory Suction and Swallow Tool) and branded as "HiccAway". This study supports the use of FISST as an option to stop transient hiccups, with more than 90% of participants reporting better results than home remedies. A non-commercial resource describing a similar suction-based technique using a regular straw and water bottle has also been published online.[36] HiccAway stops hiccups by forceful suction that is being generated by diaphragm contraction (phrenic nerve activity), followed by swallowing the water, which requires epiglottis closure.[37]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccup#Folk_remedies the "non-commercial resource" referenced: https://hicfix.com/

    Another approach that worked for me once:

    A breathing exercise called supra-supramaximal inspiration (SSMI) has been shown to stop persistent hiccups. It combines the three principles of hypercapnia, diaphragm immobilization, and positive airway pressure. First, the subject must exhale completely, then take a deep breath. Then, they must hold their breath for ten seconds. After ten seconds, they must take another small breath without exhaling, then hold their breath for five seconds. Again, without exhaling, they must take another small breath and hold their breath for five seconds. Upon exhaling, the hiccups should be gone.[33]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccup#Folk_remedies

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    May have to try this next time! Normally I gulp lots of air until I can't anymore, then hold my breath until I can't, and breath out really slowly. It works but can be uncomfortable to do at times.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Honestly with hiccups I concentrate on what it feels like to be about to have a hiccup and then I don’t do that. I haven’t had more than - few hiccups in a row In years, and now I’ve taught my wife to do the same and she can kill them off mentally too.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    I bought a straw off of Amazon that helps, I imagine that it takes advantage of the same mechanism.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My husband and son get the worst, most painful full-body hiccups so when I heard about the straw I thought, why not? It does work. However, it’s stupid expensive for a plastic straw so it stays at home all the time and sometimes they get hiccups when we’re out. We’ve found that jamming a regular straw flat against the bottom of a cup and then sucking really hard will pretty much work. The trick is making it hard to suck the liquid up the straw, so that your diaphragm is really working for it, and it’ll help reset things.

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