{"id":200,"date":"2011-02-09T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2011-03-11T00:36:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T00:36:27","slug":"hiccups-wheres-the-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/02\/hiccups-wheres-the-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiccups, Where&#8217;s the Cure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fhiccups-wheres-the-cure%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like><div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hiccups-for-22-months.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201\" title=\"hiccups for 22 months\" src=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hiccups-for-22-months-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hiccups-for-22-months-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hiccups-for-22-months.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">hiccups for 22 months (Christopher Sands)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oddly enough I have had a regular occurrence of bad hiccups lately that have been virtually impossible to drown. I must have some sort of allergy to hiccups because when I do get them it&#8217;s not just the &#8220;oh that&#8217;s so cute you have the hiccups&#8221; kind of hiccups that my wife loves to get. These are the kind that violently shake your entire body and after about 5 you feel like the next one might force something out of you.<\/p>\n<p>This may be something that is just infecting the males in our household as Drogba (our beagle puppy) has been experiencing the &#8220;tummy jumps&#8221; since the first day we got him. He&#8217;ll usually go through a small round every other day or so. It makes me feel bad for him as well because I can feel it in me every time it happens.<\/p>\n<p>So, now the all important question, WHY is there not a cure for this horrific disease? You see and hear about different ways that others use to take care of the occasional outburst. <a href=\"http:\/\/health.howstuffworks.com\/diseases-conditions\/respiratory\/13-techniques-to-cure-the-hiccups.htm\">This website<\/a> even gives 13 techniques that you may or may not have heard about. Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve tried:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drinking water upside down (from the other end of the glass so it pours into the roof of your mouth)\n<ul>\n<li>Result: very little success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Holding my breath\n<ul>\n<li>little to no success EVER!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Drinking LOTS of water\n<ul>\n<li>sometimes works depending on the severity of the hiccups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Holding my breath and drinking as many gulps of water as I can without taking a breathe (you need at list 15 gulps before breathing)\n<ul>\n<li>This was my normal &#8220;go to&#8221; method that used to work every time up until a few weeks ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">So now that my fall back approach is starting to fade in effectiveness, what else can I do? What are some of the ways that you get rid of hiccups? This is my last ditch effort before I break down and see a doctor about it!!! (joke) I should just count my blessings and be grateful I&#8217;m not as bad as the guy in the picture above. Apparently he had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/4123677\/Musician-has-had-hiccups-for-22-months.html\">hiccups for 22 months<\/a> in 2009!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/02\/hiccups-wheres-the-cure\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fhiccups-wheres-the-cure%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oddly enough I have had a regular occurrence of bad hiccups lately that have been virtually impossible to drown. 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