> > Hiccup's I'm told , and believe ,are spasm of the vocal cords.
>
>
> Jaybirdieboy,
>
> Hiccup's are just a reversal of the parastolic movement of the
> esophageal air way.
> Sometimes they are as easy to cure as drinking a glass of water,
> other times it can take more drastic measures. Lime wedges covered
> with bitters usually works. A tablespoon of a course grain mustard
> works sometimes. Holding your breath and counting to ten while
> drinking water can also work. One thing I have learned is that
> everybody has a remedy and wants you to try it on some poor
> unsuspecting soul.
>
> Fillup.
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I ususlly don't post to correct someones spelling, but I will in this
case. :-)
It's the peristaltic movement, as you put it. (no disrespect intended)
Anyways, I used to get hiccups when I drank and had all of the "remedies"
thrown at me. I found that most of the remedies had something to do with
altering the normal debth of breath. By drinking water or eating something
that "takes your breath away". I realized if I concentrated on my diaphram
muscle and took long, controlled deep breaths and let them out slowly my
hiccups went away. It's a spasm in the diaphram muscle that makes you hiccup.
I guess, just add this to an already long list of remedies.
stevens