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There's only one way to cure hiccups

Submitted by Frank

By compressing the skin over the ear canal firmly for at least 10 seconds. This will cut off the circulation of the nerve that causes the closing of the glottis. This was shown on the television around 10 years ago.

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Wow Comments By: Bible Babe Either this worked or my hiccups decided to go away. :) Thanks!   Awesome Comments By: Lori I've never heard of this trick, I tried it and it worked. Thanks!   nuts Comments By: anon Did not phase these things one bit hic up hic uphic up!!!   oohhh Comments By: thena worked a treat.. said thena   cool Comments By: donald I tried this as i read and it worked!!! amazing !!!   it worked Comments By: grace I am a teenager and this sounded silly but when i got desprate enough i decided to try it. it acually worked!   Off the chain!! Comments By: Orbie Just tried this after three days of suffering. Shocked and amazed it worked.   Four Days of Hic-ups Comments By: jeffrey dennison This did not work. I hic-uped a every 3 sec.   worked Comments By: jessica it worked. thankyou! :]   Thats amazing Comments By: Ari So i was very skeptical, and i tried another method of pushing the area above the upper lip, but this worked from the second I tried it. I pushed both flaps of my ear over the hole and pushed hard for like 20 seconds, not one hiccup after..... amazing technique.   Finally Comments By: Phil, AWW Thanks, now I can actually have a meeting!   Thanks Comments By: Mike I tried about 1/2 dozen cures I know and they didn't work but yours did. I didn't feel like baking soda and water or peanut butter, but those were the next options. Your solution took almost two minutes but when I pressed harder the hiccups were gone in about three seconds.   Worked big time Comments By: Prasanna i had this crazy hicup that made me throw the water tha ti was trying to drink.. with google.. i tried urs and it did stop the next sec.. belive it or not.. it worked big time for me.. thanks a million for sharing it... guys try this.. close ur ears.. or shut ur ears and hold on ur breath for ten sec.. have deep breath and do it again.. couple or more and it will stop ur hic ups.. thanks again...   thank you! Comments By: Laura My boyfriend suffers with terrible hiccups now and again. This worked straight away.   worked? Comments By: Donovan It seemed to work just fine. I'll try it again the next time I get hicups to see if it really works.   POO Comments By: Rosie Posie Omg i tried it and it did not work!   Nope Didnt wok !! Comments By: Rosie it didnt work at all !!   Wow Comments By: canada 420 this actually works. i had the hic ups for about 20 minutes then i did this and they are gone, thanks a million   awesome Comments By: chris i had the hiccups for 10 hours unreal!!!!!! i usually use a giant scoop of peanut butter but that didnt even phase it!! but this really worked, thank you .so i can get some sleep finally   can not believe this actually worked Comments By: joey davies i have had the hicups for 3 days on and off now.tried a few old methods but nothing.Tried this one and it worked first time i am baffled!but never the less i am cured Thank You   can not believe this actually worked Comments By: joey davies i have had the hicups for 3 days on and off now.tried a few old methods but nothing.Tried this one and it worked first time i am baffled!but never the less i am cured Thank You   incredible Comments By: Maye my husband always had hicups for hours i thought nothing would work until i told him to do this. After the ten seconds the hicups were gone. THANKS!