Home remedies to stop Hiccups!

The word hiccup itself was created through imitation. The alternate spelling of Hiccough results from the incorrect assumption that it originates from the word cough.

Hiccups are known to occur in almost all mammals. Ultrasounds have shown that even fetuses have hiccups!

A hiccup is basically an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute.

Charles Osborne Osborne (1894-1991) of Anthon, Iowa, the US, had hiccups for 68 years, from 1922 to February 1990, and was entered in the Guinness World Records as the man with the longest attack of hiccups, an estimated 430 million hiccups. During the first few decades, he hiccupped up to 40 times a minute, slowing to 20 a minute in later years.

Home remedies to stop Hiccups:

•  Inhale through your mouth.

     Or

•  Drink a glass of water.

     Or

•  Put some sugar on your tounge and let it dissolve slowly.

See a doctor if:

• Hiccups last more than 3 hours

• Interfere with eating, breathing, or sleeping.