Healthy Tip Of The Day!

Friday, 16 October 2009

Healthy Tip Of The Day!

Still hiccupping? Try this technique!
When you have endless hiccups, take the deepest breath you can and hold it for 10 seconds. Next, without exhaling completely, inhale more air, and this time hold it for five seconds. Then, inhale (I promise this is the last time you have to inhale!) as much air as you can and hold it for five more seconds. Lastly, exhale and breath as you normally would. (Source from Women’s Health magazine)

Do you know of any other techniques for getting rid of hiccups?

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i just hold my breath for 1 or 2 hiccups, exhale & do it again.
- 10/16/2009 10:51 AM
- a12906@xanga (message)
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Drinking from the far end of a glass or bottle always works for me. Just be careful not to spill.
And eating a spoonful of peanut butter sometimes helps too.
- 10/16/2009 10:57 AM
- BebstersBlog2@xanga (message)
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I breathe through my nose evenly, deliberately and somewhat shallowly at about twice the rate I normally breathe for about 30 seconds, and they go away.
- 10/16/2009 11:20 AM
- methodElevated@xanga (message)
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coughing the hiccups away. That's what my fifth grade teacher taught us to do.
- 10/16/2009 11:30 AM
- ice_babe_4eva@xanga (message)
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interesting. i should do this. i usually just let my hiccup go away by itself.
- 10/16/2009 12:38 PM
- xueyo@xanga (message)
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I just concentrate really hard on breathing normally for about half a minute. They usually go away after that.
- 10/16/2009 1:56 PM
- sweetsweetsugarjunkie@xanga (message)
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i've heard rubbing ear lobes...
- 10/16/2009 2:26 PM
- sugar_mama@xanga (message)
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haha that's weird that this was posted today. i had the hiccups today for the first time in a long time!
- 10/16/2009 2:51 PM
- shes_lump@xanga (message)
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i will try this next time :)
what i usually do is hold my breath and swallow three times. a boy told me to do that when i had the hiccups in the eigth grade, and its worked every time.
- 10/16/2009 3:00 PM
- laurenmaureen@xanga (message)
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Nooo!!
What you really need to do is swallow (nothing, or maybe TINY sips of water) real fast, non stop, for about 10-20 times. . . your diaphragm will relax and you will stop hiccuping, unless you start inhaling and exhaling abnormally again (sometimes I do it in purpose to hiccup again, just to do the swallowing exercise again. Yes it's THAT cool. Like magic.)
- 10/16/2009 3:56 PM
- BlehhItsTu@xanga (message)
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take a mouthful of water, bend over (head to knees while standing) and swallow. Vualah!
- 10/16/2009 5:31 PM
- dayanafranchesca@xanga (message)
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take a drink while holding one finger on your temple.. works every time!
- 10/16/2009 7:46 PM
- live_love_learn625@xanga (message)
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Hold your breath and block your ears...
or
do as the Indian's do - get someone to tug on a chunk of your hair, really hard!
- 10/16/2009 10:34 PM
- purity_within@xanga (message)
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Drinking water upside-down off the far edge of the glass has always worked for me.
- 10/17/2009 1:19 AM
- Riftsong@xanga (message)
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I'll try this next time I get my monthly hicupping fit.
- 10/17/2009 2:32 AM
- Lulabell_88@xanga (message)
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I drink waterand then hold my breath for 10 second =p
- 10/17/2009 2:51 PM
- soniiuh@xanga (message)
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drink warm water
- 10/17/2009 6:21 PM
- jzrocker@xanga (message)
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Drink water upside down!
- 10/22/2009 7:13 PM
- MissMaverick05@xanga (message)
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a small spoon of peanut butter works every time.
- 10/22/2009 11:20 PM
- dissolvedchild@xanga (message)
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drink water through a washcloth. don't know why it works, but it does.
- 10/26/2009 4:40 PM
- trapioggiaenuvole@xanga (message)
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