A game of guess who? Why being startled stops it? Know-hows you never knew you needed! But by a med student!
Had times when you couldn’t stop those ‘hics’ when you’re at a party; You’re speaking and they catch the audience’s attention better than you do; you’re attending a seminar and they attract laughter with you as the centre of attention! Well, let’s dive in to get you out of these situations.
Don’t google it, it’ll convince you you’re dying! Its just a muscle spasm! Shocked? can’t believe? Take my word for it. Its a muscle spasm but of your diaphragm! Yup that very muscle that lies right below your lungs so what happens? Well, it pulls down when you breathe but under the spasm does not return with ease when you breathe out. Then why the sound- well those hics are your vocal cords – never knew your cords could play that beat did you? It’s just that every time you breathe in during the spasm you take in a huge amount of air in a jerk and this causes your epiglottis to close abruptly making the dreaded attention-demanding sound!
So, well not caused due to people thinking out loud about you! So you can stop playing guess who with you epiglottis now. In that case, when is it serious? if it lasts for more than 9-48 hrs that’s your cue! Run to the clinic!
Well; if this is all so scientific then why is the scare your cure?? All right, truth be told – No Cure Available- just remedies, cause nothing can guarantee them close. The fact is when you scare someone they let out a little gasp this gasp works like the autocorrect button as – Gasp- hiccups gone! But even holding your breath or lodging a huge gulp of water in your throat does the same as breathing into a paper bag or scaring! So honestly there aint any miraculous mystery in hiccups any sort of magic in the scare curing it!
What happened? Don’t find hiccups interesting anymore? It’s okay! That’s what happens when you get to know the truth behind all your curiosities! But nurturing such curiosities is what drives us, humans. What if I told you that some rumoured theory says we get hiccups cause that’s a way to remind us that life originated from water and that the hic sound is the same as a fish’s gills flapping. The Truth to this rumour = NOT KNOWN thus the odds are high that it’s false. So now that hiccups have taken a backtrack in your head go ahead and take a huge gulp of water in the party, pull on your tongue a bit when you are in the audience, and just ask for a glass of water on stage! It ain’t serious we all have hiccups starting right from when you are in the womb to death through all genders and ages it’s just something that’s here to induce little BOOs and laughter in your life so live them off!