Ingenius Cure for Hiccups

Hey there!

So yesterday night, my mom and I were watching some Dancing with the Stars and had just got finished gobbling down our dinner when something really exciting must have happened on DTWS because I hiccuped. Still with food in my esophagus, this was a little nauseating so I got up and got a glass of water. I hiccuped again. The storm had begun.

My hiccups started becoming more and more frequent and violent. The sound coming out of my throat echoed through the house as my body jolted as if it had just been zapped by a defibrillator. They were not getting any better and water nor deep breaths could save me now.

In the act of saving my own life- as my dear mummy to the left of me could not contain her laughter- I rushed over to the computer and Googled "how to cure hiccups." Now note that my typing skills were not at their prime in this moment of utter fear and frenzy so the words were formed in between jolts. Once I hit enter, the first link that came up was a 30 Second Cure for Hiccups. Of course I was extremely impatient so I was just going for the first link I saw, but somehow it was divinely the link that, indeed, worked.

After following the 6 simple steps (with no props needed, I may add) I was cured! Slightly out of breath from the exercise and the 20 minute episode I just endured, but my hiccups were cured! A miracle, I would say. My life was on the line for just a second, there. Thank goodness I am healed.

So if your life is ever threatened from this nasty thing we call hiccups, a cure:




For overall best results, please try to do the steps as quickly as you can and try very hard not to let any air out.

Step 1: Start by inhaling through your mouth until your lungs feel full (when it feels like you cannot inhale any more.... your lungs will basically stop taking in air).

Step 2: Swallow. You are not really swallowing anything but it seems that without this act, it doesn’t work. Do not let any air out.
Step 3: Now inhale some more until your lungs feel full again. You may not be able to inhale a lot, but do get some more air in. It will start to get difficult to do this as you go, but keep trying. You obviously can’t suck in as much air as you did initially, but just a little will do (think of it as taking a “sip” of air but directly into your lungs).

Step 4: Swallow again. This too will start to get difficult as you go. Do not let any air out.

Step 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 (inhale and swallow) until you cannot swallow again. While it seems you can almost always suck in just a little more air, it is actually the swallowing that gets to be impossible. When you feel like you cannot swallow again, swallow again anyway. It will be hard to do, your face will probably turn red, and you may make squeaking sounds. But you CAN swallow one last time. By this time, your lungs should also be quite full and it should be difficult to get much more air in as well. While you should try not to let any air out, if you have really repeated steps 3 and 4 as many times as you can, you probably will end up letting a little air out before you can take that last swallow. If you find that air keeps escaping out of your nose even early in the process, try squeezing it shut with your fingers.

Step 6: Exhale.