How To Get Rid Of Hiccups At Once

How to Get Rid of Hiccups at Once

• Hiccups occur when your diaphragm contracts

involuntarily and is followed by sudden closure of your vocal cords.

• This in turn, irritates your vagus nerve or one of its branches.

• Most of the times they go away on their own, but sometimes they become a nuisance.

• You can get rid of them with simple yet effective home remedies for hiccups to end this menace.

What causes hiccups?

• Drinking or eating too

quickly or too much.

• Drinking excessive alcohol.

• Drinking carbonated drinks.

• Excessive smoking.

How To Get Rid Of Hiccups Instantly?

• Plug Your Ears and Drink Water

with a Straw • The branches of the vagus nerve

also reach our auditory system.

• Putting fingers in your ears will stimulate the nerve endings putting an end to your hiccups.

Ask Someone to Scare You Ask your sibling or friend to surprise or scare you as it can overwhelm the vagus nerve and stop hiccups.

Eat some sugar • Eat a spoonful of sugar to cure your hiccups. • Because the graininess of sugar will irritate the esophagus, causing phrenic nerves to reset themselves and stop hiccups.

Eat Honey • Honey can tickle the vagus nerve and help you to get rid of hiccups.

• Put a teaspoon of honey, stirred in hot water, on the back of your tongue and eat it.

Bite a Lemon Wedge • Biting a lemon wedge and suck in the juice.

• Its sour taste can excite the vagus nerve and end your problem.

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