#hiccup cures

[writingforfishes]

Possible Controversial Post But...

CW: THIS IS A HICCUP KINK ACCOUNT. THIS POST CONTAINS MENTIONS OF MEDICAL CAUSES FOR HICCUPS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CURES

I am not a medical professional, just an avid researcher of anything having to do with hiccups. This post is not meant to diagnose or cure anything.

This blog is not intended for people under 18 to interact with or follow.

I'm really glad good hiccup cures exist. Like, I'm really happy that the hiccup cure where you tell yourself hiccups don't exist, and you don't have them, is helping people.

People who have frequent hours-long bouts of hiccups finding something that will help them from being uncomfortable and in pain is a really good thing.

Hiccups should be either enjoyable or mildly frustrating in real life. They should not be painful or severely uncomfortable either physically or emotionally.

In that spirit.

List of effective hiccup cures:

Sugar/Salt/Lemon (This method proposes that poor PH balance is the reason for hiccups and presumably works best for recurring hiccups due to digestion as opposed to emotional hiccups or triggered hiccups.) Take a spoonful of sugar and let it dissolve in your mouth. If hiccups persist... Take a spoonful of salt and let it dissolve in your mouth. If hiccups persist... Take either a lemon wedge and bite into it or a shot of lemon juice.

Other similar methods are shots of Apple Cider Vinegar and Pickle Juice.

I Am Not a Fish Telling yourself you are not a fish is a distractive method that is meant to remind your body that you no longer need to make an action to release gas from gills you don't have. This method probably works best for random bouts of hiccups that don't have a defined cause or that are caused emotionally. Simply say, in a state of absolute seriousness, "I am not a fish." Other distraction methods include asking the hiccuper to actively hiccup or having them prove they have the hiccups. Alternatively, promising them some sort of reward for hiccuping. The anticipation of hiccuping might draw their attention to their body's movements and actions to a point that the reflex arc that causes a hiccup will be broken. The latest distraction method is "Hiccups don't exist and I don't have them." This distraction method takes it further in proving to yourself that it's an impossibility to hiccup and therefore hiccuping will disprove the truth. I'm curious as to how long the novelty of this will be effective for people with persistent or frequent hiccups.

Breathing/Not Breathing There are a lot of controlling breath methods of curing hiccups. The one which has always worked for me is taking in all of the air in my lungs, sipping more until I can feel some soreness and pressure, holding it until I can no longer hold it anymore, and then releasing that air all at once and completely deflating my lungs but puffing out every bit of air they contain. There are a lot of variations on this including swallowing while holding your breath. The biggest trick, for me, has been to start breathing normally instead of waiting to see if you'll hiccup again.

I imagine this works because it is manually resetting the signals of breathing to your brain and overriding the unnecessary need to signal your diaphragm to convulse. This would probably be more effective for triggered hiccups from carbonation, stress/emotional hiccups, or hiccups from laughter/crying. I doubt it would be helpful for hiccups from digestive causes or persistent hiccups because the cause of the hiccups would still exist, and they might come back later.

The Many Uses of Water In my opinion, most of these methods are effective because they encourage your body to make movements that reach the vagus nerve and stimulate it. Or they use distraction plus vagal stimulation. Drinking from the other side of the glass forces pressure that might correct hiccups from a vagal standpoint. Drinking with your ears plugged directly engages the vagal nerve through your ears. Drinking with your nose plugged and your ears plugged creates pressure as well as direct vagal stimulation. Swallowing itself is a direct stimulation to your vagus nerve. Important to note that drinking MORE water does not make the cures any more effective. It's not water that is curing the hiccups but the action of how that water is ingested.

I imagine this method is pretty good for a lot of causes of hiccups. But persistent hiccups or hiccups that come back that are not caused by digestive issues might still return later. This might be less effective for emotional hiccups as well. I feel like this would help with digestive hiccups because water is often a pretty good method to quench (even temporarily) the acidity which may have caused the hiccups. Water will also (as long as your stomach isn't full and uncomfortable) help digestive issues anyway.

Peanut Butter Substitutes for the allergic would include any viscous or thick substance that the throat has to work harder to get down. Almond butter or sunflower seed butter might work. The reason this method is effective is because it, once again, runs into the vagus nerve and forces it to repeatedly do something to prevent itself from choking thus distracting it from the reflex arc your body has created for some yet unknown but hypothesized about reason. I imagine this would work well for stress hiccups, triggered hiccups from carbonation or spice, but perhaps not in the long run for acid unbalancing hiccups like digestive induced ones.

When Are Hiccups a Problem

If you have had hiccups for more than 48 hours without cessation you may have a hiccup issue that is deeper than usual causes.

If you have had hiccups that keep returning for several days (and it is not usual for you to have them that frequently), you may also have an issue.

Possible causes for recurring/persistent/intractable/chronic hiccups:

Medications:

Cortical Steroids (oral/injection)

Certain Benzos

Anything that increases acid reflux

Certain anesthesia medications

Certain nicotine replacements

(list is incomplete)

Medical conditions:

EDS/POTS (anecdotal)

GERD (and other digestive disorders that affect the stomach/throat or the PH balance of the body)

Ear infection/allergies

Rare tumor

Nervous system disorders including muscular disorders (presumably)

Chronic anxiety (yes, this is medically indicated, in my opinion)

(list is incomplete but would probably also include structural deformities/injuries, surgical procedures, and genetic disorders that would increase prone-ness to hiccups)

The point is, you know your body better than anyone else, even a licensed medical professional. If you are in pain and believe something is wrong, please seek out someone who will take you seriously. (This obviously goes for things beyond hiccups.)

My kink is NOT seeing someone tortured with hiccups. My kink is enjoying the happenstance of having hiccups, the movements of hiccups, the sounds of hiccups, and the person's reaction to hiccups. Fictionally, it is mild discomfort, embarrassment, or annoyance.

If anyone who doesn't have this kink, has the hiccups often, and has been contacted by someone who does have this kink without their consent, that is NOT okay.

I hope this post helps those who have issues with hiccups. From my perspective, hiccups are meant for fun. Hiccups are meant for enjoyment. And if you're not having fun having them (or having fun being admired for having them), then that's not it.

I realize this puts my blog and me in a possible direct line of awareness to people outside of the hiccups kink community, but I thought it was important to share some of my values here and redirect so much of the destructive communication that has happened from others who have this kink to people who are unwitting targets of them.

[the-gamling-dog]

The true secret is half a teaspoon of sugar to the back of the tongue. 95% effective on the first go, the rest on the second. On the narrow matter of hiccup prevention, 10/10 no notes

[mademoisellekalopsia]

Slight Tender Cradle

Now who's hand is this? Ooh...such comfort it brings. If you would be so kind as to be tender with the tummy, that'll be much appreciated.

[idreamofticklehugs]

Send help I have the hiccups and they’re killing me. Anyone know how to cure them?

[saturnniidae]

What are your thoughts on the AU where Hiccstrid had Zephyr during the events of RTTE? :0

Idk personally I'm pretty averse to babies/little kids, so engaging in stories with them as a main focus is kind of hard.

Though the idea of the dragon riders all having to like co-parent Zephyr bc of how busy Hiccup and Astrid are does has a lot of potential. Like I can totally imagine Fishlegs being a trusted babysitter since his job was teaching kids on Berk, but there's a huge difference between like 8 year olds and a whole baby, and he's probably only Read about how to care for babies so in practice he's STRESSED. Also. Uncle Snotlout...

[kookyfemme]

i love hearing about people's weird hiccup home remedies that work for them

[un-monstre]

My partner told me to quickly name five bald men so that I couldn't focus on the hiccups. Three out of the five I listed were Sir Patrick Stewart

[pantestudines]

I need to start behaving like someone with pointed ears

[glitterrosesnzz]

head in hands i should be working on college homework but instead im just having thoughts

[writingforfishes]

Inducing thoughts

Every morning, I drink my coffee when it's a little too warm and every morning I am disappointed.

Every evening, I drink a carbonated beverage and every evening I am disappointed.

I put a little more spice, sometimes. But no.

I take a little air in and burp it out, perhaps more than normal. But no.

I fake them. I fake them fast. I fake them hard. I fake them soft. I fake them silent. I fake them loud. I fake them muffled.

No.

I let my belches out.

I keep my belches in.

Nope.

I get nervous. I get excited. I laugh. I cry.

I jiggle my belly. I poke under my ribs.

Nothing.

My diaphragm is an impressive being.

My phrenic nerve is sure of its purpose.

My vagus nerve is buried under protection only offering me panic attacks, sneezing from dry bread, and vaso vagal responses from blood as it's expressions of disorder.

My body is assuredly not a fish's body.

My reflex arc for belching is tried and true and never off its mark.

I am stuck with this overly efficient respiratory system.

My disappointment is hilarious.

Maybe one day I'll try sparkling wine again.

But those were not fun days when I couldn't help myself to bury in the lack of care it gave me.

The mornings were the worst.

My only hope is age making things a little less efficient and my diaphragm letting loose a little to offer me some fun.

[bjfinn]

Hic-hic-hurrah!

[mademoisellekalopsia]

Camera Shy

|| Just a piece of imagination ||

As of the moment, considering the times when one is prone to having a case, and the other having the kink, having a thought of giving something as a treat one day with a case. A video record. For the sake of exemplification:

A caught a quick-paced, deep case whilst being in their study room, relishing on the spasms.

"HUCK!H'IMLP!-mmm..." a grunt-hum leaving their lips as they felt their neck punch in fast, head jerking back, and their belly popping out against their palm.

They ought to share it with B once they return home by the evening. It might be a nice little treat for their beloved, and note that A is fine with this.

Setting up a good display, A would plan to film themselves with the case. This will take a moment. B, A allows this, can listen and watch to their heart's content later on.

Once their phone camera was in their hands, the video beginning to play, A anticipated for one more spasm.

Any second now. Any minute now. Huh.

"Have they gone? Don't tell me it cured them." A had a confused look, clearing their throat as if coaxing another spasm, but it never came. That has got to be the shortest case they had. Perhaps not, but how come it ended that way?

A record gone wrong, leaving A grumbling, a bit disappointed to the sudden change of direction. They ought to wait for a case the following hours.

[waywardstation]

Ingo: (gets the hiccups)

Emmet: Have you tried standing on your head?

Ingo: (smirks slightly) Nice try! I know Akari told you that story! You just want me to make a fool of myself.

Emmet: (blinks) What? No! It's a common cure for the hiccups here. We used to do it all the time before you got sent to Hisui with amnesia. It's like common knowledge.

Ingo: Oh really? (Turns to Elesa who just walked in to bring them a shared lunch)

Ingo: Elesa, how do you cure hiccups?

Elesa: I stand on my head, why?

Ingo: ...Oh.

Elesa: That's like common knowledge, Ingo.

Ingo:...I see. Apologies, Emmet.

Emmet: silently exchanges a wink with Elesa.

Later that day Akari bursts out laughing at the picture Emmet sent to her arc phone.

In reference to my drabble Bubbly (I assume since it talks about Akari trying to get Ingo to do a handstand)

ANON THIS IS SO FUNNY the Cain instinct is strong in this one. Poor Ingo was essentially gaslit, but surely it’s all worth it for the photo that Emmet took of him looking like a fool, balancing up against a wall.

[saturnniidae]

(op of that post) I actually only joined the fandom this week lol, very new, finding my way around :3

Oh!! Welcome!!! But yeah there's lots of trans httyd content if you know what to look for! From what I've seen Hiccup and Snotlout are two of the most popular (?) headcanons but I've seem transmasc tuff art before I can't remember the @ tho

[cidnangarlond]

managed to cure my hiccups by slowing my breathing down to a crawl thank you years of practice by wanting to be good at hide and seek