Tips on how to stop hiccoughing

Hiccups arises involuntarily in the form of uncontrolled spasms due to irritation of the diaphragmatic nerve. Usually it is quite harmless and quickly passes. It can be experienced by quite healthy people. It can appear from the hypothermia of the body (especially in children), after a dense meal, with alcoholic intoxication, due to swallowing dysfunction - due to the blockage of the esophagus by food particles; Sometimes it appears due to stress or severe fear, in other cases it is provoked by renal insufficiency, an abscess or a tumor of the digestive / respiratory tract.

Hiccup comes at the most inopportune moment. For example, you are about to speak before the public with a report, or you are expected to participate in important negotiations, and here - such a nuisance ...

So how do I stop hiccuping? Surely in my childhood my mother told you that in this case you need to not breathe or drink water for as long as possible. But not all these methods help. Here are more detailed tips on how to stop hiccupping:

• Push your finger against the root of the tongue, causing a vomitive reflex, which will lead to esophageal spasm and elimination of diaphragmatic spasm.
• Drink plenty of water in a measured tempo in small sips.
• Eat a couple of lemon slices or drink a teaspoon of water-diluted vinegar.
• Pour a little sugar on the tongue and swallow. Also helps a teaspoon of sugar, dissolved in two tablespoons of beer.
• You can eat a few small pieces of ice or a slice of stale bread.
• Pull the tongue and hold it slightly in this position.
• Conclude a monetary bet (popular among doctors) with a person that hiccups will disappear after a few seconds. The most effective means, it should be noted.
• Drink water, bending slightly.
• Take a few breaths, and then hold your breath. Exhale in a bag and from there inhale air. Blood from this will be enriched with carbon dioxide, and the hiccup will disappear.
• Drink water by turning the glass in a circle.
• Push-ups and swinging of the press can stop hiccups. But only if it is normal, not pathological and not "Gennesian" character, like one American from Iowa, who hiccuped ... 72 years!
• The hiccup can be scared.
• You can try the old Texan method: around the head through the bridge of the nose is tied a red thread or matter, which should distract the person's attention from the hiccups.
• In some cases, candies help with hiccups.

How can I stop hiccup if no way is effective? Then try to hold your breath and close your thumbs with little fingers. Continue the exercise until the hiccup recedes. Otherwise, you should consult a doctor, especially with pain in the chest.

Hiccups in infants

If the baby hiccups are not constantly and not often (a systematic hiccup may indicate that the child is seriously ill), then you can try the following methods:

• Drink the baby with warm water and press against the chest, making him calm and warm.
• If it was cold outside and your child froze, then quickly return it home and feed it with milk.
• Try to avoid eating when feeding baby swallows air. Do not feed it too fast. Lean your child to yourself so that excess air does not accumulate in the tummy.
• Overfeeding can lead to hiccups. Do not need to pinch the baby's nose, give him 1-2 spoonfuls of tea.
  

Hiccups in pets

If your puppy hiccups, then do not be afraid. It's quite normal. Hiccups are provoked by fast food, the presence of air in the stomach, cold or overeating. Often it passes itself after some time.

But here's how to stop hiccupping the puppy, if the seizures have become suspiciously long? The cause of this may be parasites in the body. It should in this case propoit pet helminthic (strictly according to the prescription).