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Drinking straw device is instant cure for hiccups, say scientists

14 points by edward 5y ago

slothtrop 5y ago
I get near-instant hiccups from very hot chilies or hot sauce. Worth it. But I'll drink through a straw if that gets rid of them.
ordu 5y ago
If I understood correctly, one needs to suck with diaphragm, by inhaling. Is it so? I mean, I suck through straw using my mouth only, I can breathe through nose while sucking into mouth. It seems for me that it wouldn't work. Am I right?
theNJR 5y ago
Once or twice a year I get a nasty case of hiccups that lasts 2-3 hours. Usually after a day spent wine tasting. How strange… For $15 it’s worth a shot.
- Leparamour 5y ago
  I usually wouldn't do remote diagnosis but I have the same reaction to champagne. I do get hiccups as a side symptom of a histamine intolerance[1]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8005453/[9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8005453/[9
  - theNJR 5y ago
    Champagne is a very frequent trigger. Red wine I generally don’t drink because it’s more likely to make me feel like garbage the next day. I had no idea about histamine levels. Need to fully read that article, really appreciate the link.
climb_stealth 5y ago
This is probably one of those things where everyone has a way that works all the time but it's not universal. This is mine: Tilt your head up and look at the ceiling, hold your nose closed and drink for ten seconds or so. Not sure what it is about this one, but I found it works even for people with bad hiccups.
- armchairhacker 5y ago
  For me, I inhale deeply and hold my breath. Then when my body tries to hiccup it "fails" and the hiccups go away.
  - polka_haunts_us 5y ago
    For me I drink anything I can get my hands on and force myself to burp it up. In rare cases water doesn't work and I need something carbonated.
helloworld11 5y ago
I've always done one thing that works 100%. It's this: I tell my hiccups to stop, forcefully, out loud. It has never failed to work pretty much instantly. I've explained it to two different friends so far for both of whom the exact same technique worked. Amusingly, one didn't even speak English but I told him how to say it in English, just as I do, and for whatever reason, it worked for him the same.
jelynnr 5y ago
I drink through a straw while holding my nose shut and it works 100% of the time. You dont need some useless device to do that.
nolroz 5y ago
Since this seems like a weird chance to air your hiccup cure here's my preference: Drink water from "the far side of the glass" - that is - with your head upside-down. I typically have to drink about half a glass of water (3-4 good swigs) and it works. Maybe it's engaging the same nerves as the straw tricks which I'll have to try now that I know about them. I just tend to not have any straws around when I get hiccups...
9dev 5y ago
An MD friend of mine once explained hiccups as diaphragm cramps to me; he advised me to calm it by simply breathing as slowly and steadily as I could. This has never failed to help.
hollerith 5y ago
I always thought that the purpose of hiccups is to rid the stomach of air, and that if I there were a method to stop hiccups immediately without getting rid of the air, it would do more expected harm than good. Drinking water, I always thought, helps get rid of the air.
schwartzworld 5y ago
Chug a glass of water through a napkin. You hold the napkin over the glass and chug the water through it. Paper towels or coffee filters are fine too.

14 points by edward 5y ago

I get near-instant hiccups from very hot chilies or hot sauce. Worth it. But I'll drink through a straw if that gets rid of them.

ordu 5y ago

If I understood correctly, one needs to suck with diaphragm, by inhaling. Is it so? I mean, I suck through straw using my mouth only, I can breathe through nose while sucking into mouth. It seems for me that it wouldn't work. Am I right?

theNJR 5y ago

Once or twice a year I get a nasty case of hiccups that lasts 2-3 hours. Usually after a day spent wine tasting. How strange… For $15 it’s worth a shot.

Leparamour 5y ago
I usually wouldn't do remote diagnosis but I have the same reaction to champagne. I do get hiccups as a side symptom of a histamine intolerance[1]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8005453/[9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8005453/[9
- theNJR 5y ago
  Champagne is a very frequent trigger. Red wine I generally don’t drink because it’s more likely to make me feel like garbage the next day. I had no idea about histamine levels. Need to fully read that article, really appreciate the link.

climb_stealth 5y ago

This is probably one of those things where everyone has a way that works all the time but it's not universal. This is mine: Tilt your head up and look at the ceiling, hold your nose closed and drink for ten seconds or so. Not sure what it is about this one, but I found it works even for people with bad hiccups.

armchairhacker 5y ago
For me, I inhale deeply and hold my breath. Then when my body tries to hiccup it "fails" and the hiccups go away.
- polka_haunts_us 5y ago
  For me I drink anything I can get my hands on and force myself to burp it up. In rare cases water doesn't work and I need something carbonated.

helloworld11 5y ago

I've always done one thing that works 100%. It's this: I tell my hiccups to stop, forcefully, out loud. It has never failed to work pretty much instantly. I've explained it to two different friends so far for both of whom the exact same technique worked. Amusingly, one didn't even speak English but I told him how to say it in English, just as I do, and for whatever reason, it worked for him the same.

jelynnr 5y ago

I drink through a straw while holding my nose shut and it works 100% of the time. You dont need some useless device to do that.

nolroz 5y ago

Since this seems like a weird chance to air your hiccup cure here's my preference: Drink water from "the far side of the glass" - that is - with your head upside-down. I typically have to drink about half a glass of water (3-4 good swigs) and it works. Maybe it's engaging the same nerves as the straw tricks which I'll have to try now that I know about them. I just tend to not have any straws around when I get hiccups...

9dev 5y ago

An MD friend of mine once explained hiccups as diaphragm cramps to me; he advised me to calm it by simply breathing as slowly and steadily as I could. This has never failed to help.

hollerith 5y ago

I always thought that the purpose of hiccups is to rid the stomach of air, and that if I there were a method to stop hiccups immediately without getting rid of the air, it would do more expected harm than good. Drinking water, I always thought, helps get rid of the air.

schwartzworld 5y ago

Chug a glass of water through a napkin. You hold the napkin over the glass and chug the water through it. Paper towels or coffee filters are fine too.