I've found a good hiccup cure is to apply pressure to the base of the neck, in that gap just above the last vertebra in the torso.
Supposedly it puts pressure on some nerve or other that's involved in the hiccuping process.
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Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2006 5:46:43 am PDT #6561 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 07, 2006 5:48:39 am PDT #6562 of 10001
What is even happening?
Accupressure almost always works: Hold your first three fingers of your right hand flat (and tightly) against the inside of your left wrist (where the veins are showing) for about thirty seconds.
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I wonder if the cantelopes would work on my ear infection pain?
If you haven't already, take an antihistamine and some Tylenol (or Motrin, or whatever for the pain). If you don't have an infection, the pain may be just from fluid, and the antihistamine can dry it up.
Ginger - Sep 07, 2006 5:49:33 am PDT #6563 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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The accupressure thing works best for me for hiccups. I press a thumb's width below the wrist crease, but it sounds like the same basic pressure point.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 07, 2006 5:49:53 am PDT #6564 of 10001
What is even happening?
Sugar alone, then if it works, lots of water to get rid of the sweetness.I fill the spoon with sugar, then drizzle water on it. Also gross, but less so. Usually, though, drinking something too soon after un-does the cure, so I have to deal with the cloying taste, for a while.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 07, 2006 5:50:43 am PDT #6565 of 10001
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Hiccup cure: Pour a large glass of water. Find a clean washcloth and put it over the top of the glass. Drink all the water through the washcloth without stopping.
I do a variation of this. Get glass of water and a straw. Hold your breath and drink the entire glass of water through the straw while holding your breath. It works every time.
Lee - Sep 07, 2006 5:53:42 am PDT #6566 of 10001
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I have to wait a few minutes to make sure it works before the water. I will have to remember the drizzle water thing for next time.
Since we are on the subject of hiccups, do other people have hiccup triggers? I know of one for myself-- eating bread or certain kinds of crackers if I haven't eaten or drunk anything else for several hours.
megan walker - Sep 07, 2006 5:53:53 am PDT #6567 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The accupressure thing works best for me for hiccups. I press a thumb's width below the wrist crease, but it sounds like the same basic pressure point.Yes, the key is to have your fingertips pressing on what I call the cords of your wrist (if I had ever taken biology I would probably know what I should really call them, but I didn't, so I don't).
Jars - Sep 07, 2006 5:58:33 am PDT #6568 of 10001
The drinking out of the opposite side of the glass trick has always worked for me before, but this batch were resistant, it would seem. They're still being held at bay by the breath holding. Maybe they've retired for good...
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Ginger - Sep 07, 2006 6:01:57 am PDT #6569 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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tommyrot - Sep 07, 2006 6:08:46 am PDT #6570 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
About 15 years ago I was hit by a car while crossing the street - it messed up my left knee and broke my leg right below the knee. Lately, if I do a lot of walking, it hurts right below that knee, I think in the same place where my leg broke. Is it possible for an old break in a leg to start hurting years later? There are two screws in my leg bone at that point, if that makes any difference.