How does one cure hiccups? This nuisance doesn’t have to be a bother for long with these tricks. Here are some simple cures to try on the fly:

• Hold your nose tightly so air can’t escape. This controls your breathing.
• Press your lips together tightly to change the focus.
• Insert your fingers in your ears.
• Stick your tongue out for a minute.
• Eat pure sugar.
• Drink water.
• Try laughing.
• Eat peanut butter.
• Use the hot and cold effect: one scoop of ice cream followed by a sip of hot cocoa.
• Sing.
• Blow up balloons.
• Take a sip of water while bending over.

ACHS senior Jack Kiyohara and junior Elizabeth Teran share their personal hacks on how to cure a bad case of the hiccups.

“I hold my breath for fifteen seconds three times,” Teran said.

Kiyohara instead chooses an alternative method.

“Ignore it,” Kiyohara said.

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