What to do if you keep having hiccups

I believe that each of us has encountered the situation of hiccups. Although hiccups are not a disease, it is very annoying if the hiccups cannot be stopped, especially after eating. If the hiccups keep happening, it will also affect people's diet. Therefore, when faced with the problem of constant hiccups, you might as well learn some tips to solve the problem of constant hiccups.

If you want to know what to do if you keep hiccuping, first of all, please understand why you hiccup. Hiccup is caused by some stimulation to the stomach, intestines or chest, such as catching a cold or eating too fast.

Hiccups don't require a doctor's visit; they can be solved by:

1. Bend over to drink water

Drink a few sips of warm water, swallow it slowly, and bend over 90 degrees 10 to 15 times. Because the stomach is closer to the diaphragm, it can warm the diaphragm from the inside. When you bend over, the internal organs will also massage the diaphragm, relieving diaphragm spasms and achieving the purpose of stopping hiccups.

2. Tongue stretching

When the hiccups continue, place a piece of clean gauze on your tongue and pinch your tongue with your fingers to stretch it outwards. At this time, you will feel gas rising in your abdomen and the hiccups will naturally disappear.

3. Use deep breathing

For example, if you have hiccups while eating, you can stop eating and take a few deep breaths, which will usually stop the hiccups in a short time.

When hiccups occur frequently, you can press the "Shao Shang" points on both sides with your fingers or ask someone else to do so. The "Shao Shang" point is located on the radial side of the root of the thumb nail, about 0.6 cm away from the edge of the nail, at the junction of the black and white flesh. When pressing, a certain amount of force should be used so that the patient feels obvious pain. The patient can perform compression by alternating hands.

4. Breath-holding

Simply hold your breath for 30 to 45 seconds, or take a clean chopstick and put it in your mouth, gently stimulate the back 1/3 of the upper palate, and the hiccups will stop immediately. Because stimulating the upper palate with chopsticks can induce the pharyngeal reflex, which can cause the patient to hold his breath suddenly, increasing the carbon dioxide concentration in the airway and thus interfering with the neural reflex activity of hiccups. However, people with poor cardiopulmonary function should use this method with caution.

5. Massage is an effective treatment for hiccups

Take a thin stick, wrap one end with cotton (if there is no stick at hand, you can use the thin end of a bamboo chopstick wrapped with cotton instead), put it into the patient's mouth, and use the soft end to press a point on the midline of the soft palate in front of the tip. This point is located just slightly behind the junction of the hard and soft palate. Generally, one minute of massage can effectively control hiccups.

The above is the solution to what to do if you keep hiccuping. In fact, there is another effective folk method to treat hiccups, which is to scare the person who is hiccuping. For example, you can scare the person who is hiccuping when he is not paying attention, or use other methods to stimulate the emotions of the person who is hiccuping. However, this method is not recommended for people with heart disease.