How to get rid of hiccups? - Medical myths

We have all heard it before, being startled can stop hiccups. But is it true?


Hiccups are a reflex that can happen without our will, we all know this. When you hiccup, your body creates a loop between the hiccupcentre in your brain, several nerve pathways, muscles of your ribs and neck and your diaphragm.
To get rid of hiccups we need to break this loop, for example by consciously activating the nerves or muscles involved in hiccups.


There are several ways to do this; holding your breath, pressing your eyeballs, blowing on the back of your hand and being startled.


These won’t work in everybody, all the time, but just try a few of them out. Before you know it you will be hiccupfree.


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Literature:
1: Elferink T. Verhoeff R. (2020). Kusje erop: De waarheid achter 70 gezondheidsmythes. A. W. Bruna Uitgevers.


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