Methods include breathing into a paper bag, drinking cold water and holding your breath. Hiccups can be caused by eating too much, eating too quickly and nervousness. Gripe water is not clinically ...

Hiccups, those sudden diaphragm spasms, are usually harmless and brief, often triggered by eating or stress. However, persistent hiccups lasting over 48 hours can signal serious underlying issues like ...

While hiccups are typically short-lived, they can also be painful, loud and disruptive—especially if they last hours (or more!). But what causes hiccups, and how can you get rid of them? Here, doctors ...

Hiccups are one of the most common things that happen to children and adults alike. Most of the time, it goes away on its own. However, sometimes, it stays for long, especially for kids. We can all ...

Almost everybody, except a doctor, thinks he knows a sure cure for hiccups. And sometimes the home remedies work. Theodore L. Syvertson, of Pasadena, a 69-year-old retired building contractor, had ...

Very few of us haven't experienced those strange sounds known as hiccups that sometimes escape our mouths without warning. It's an occurrence we frequently find funny when it happens to others, but it ...

Hiccups occur when your diaphragm—the muscle that helps your lungs breathe—suddenly contracts. Have you ever sat there, minding your own business, when suddenly you're hit with a bout of hiccups? It's ...

They happen to the best of us and, once they start, there’s often no controlling them. “It may be the nervous system and muscle system just practicing before they put on a big show at birth,” Dr.