Originally published at: Doctor invents a hiccup-curing straw with a 90% success rate | Boing Boing
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I enjoy the hiccups, especially in public. It get the laughs every time…
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I just use the old “drink water from the other side of the glass”. This is less messy, though.
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For me the cause is often an acute instance of reflux that causes my epiglottis to spasm. Then the hiccup triggers another reflux, and so on.
Unsurprisingly, Tums are a reliable cure for me. Most of the time, if I take a couple the hiccups stop almost immediately.
I can’t keep Tums down. They just come straight back up as Smut.
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i wonder if you can just close your mouth and try to inhale for a few seconds, then swallow, then repeat a few times? next time i get hiccups, i’ll try that.
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You have to be pretty confident it’s going to work to put liquids into a hiccupping hole.
It is no big deal really to fix them. I invented this many many years ago, maybe around 1995 or so.
- Get hiccups.
- Fill glass with water
- Very SLOWLY drink from the glass in tiny tiny sips swallowing continuously.
When a hiccup occurs during step #3 you will be cured. If you want to be really sure wait through two hiccup cycles.
Have fun being hiccup free!
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What’s the success rate without using the special straw? Is it faster than other methods? If so, by how much?
For anybody interested,
HiccAway has shown more than 90% effectiveness compared to other remedies for hiccups and is a highly effective alternative solution. In patients with prolonged hiccups who required medications, HiccAway had more than 70% success compared to the medication used. For cancer patients who had hiccups as a result of their type of cancer or their chemotherapy treatment, HiccAway had 90% effectiveness. **Source:**MEDICAL – HiccAway
I did not find a sample sizes or methodology of the claim, but given that it may help with persistent hiccups due to a number of medical causes, I would give it a go.
Related: I remember being worried as a kid, after a long bout of hiccups, that they would never go away. Not too long ago, one of my kids claimed on top of me with the hipo/(ēpō) and just wanted some comfort while it resolved it’s self. They fell asleep and I still remember that sound as they fell asleep on me. Part of me enjoys that memory made me cause the usual remedies didn’t work, and part of me wishes I could have instantly resolved the issues for my them.
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This is awesome.
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Could you just cut a hole on a regular straw and get the same effect?
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Yep - this works every time for me. I’ve shown it to a number of people and - after they get past the “you’re trying to make me look stupid, right?” hesitancy - it works every time for them too.
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I’m one of those souls who suffered from prolonged hiccups, lasted over 48 hours and nearly drove me insane. I tried every folk remedy on the internet with no relief. In my case it was caused by an injection in my lower back, which apparently is known to be a trigger if the needle slides too close to a certain nerve bundle. Told my doc, he said I was the second case he heard of in 30 years of practice. I wish I had this straw to test then.
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I guess the Dr. and I shared a theory, since I’ve long just folded fabric and pressed it tight against my mouth to strain the diaphragm until the hiccups stop. It works almost without fail, though I often immediately follow it with a breath-holding full glass of water to seal the deal.
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Mark, where ya gonna find a plastic straw in California?
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Maybe using a straw on a Wendy’s Frosty would do the trick.
And now I’m craving the hiccups.
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what is a mcflurry straw? don’t they usually come with a spoon?
Morphine hiccups are worst hiccups. I had them for 2 days straight once.
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Do it for free by taking a deep breath, holding that breath, and trying to swallow a few times in a row. Don’t even need a glass or water or anything. I swear, works every time.
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I could have use this a few days ago… had hiccups for 2.5 days… side effects of meds…
Holding by breath for at least a minute cures my hiccups.
