What are some quick cures for hiccups

Temporary hiccups can try the following methods: hold the knees and press the chest: sitting in a chair with your hands on your knees and lean forward as far as possible to squeeze the chest with your knees. Bend over and drink: Bend over to the point where your head is lower than your waist and take a big gulp of water, being careful not to choke. You can also try ice water in the throat, stimulate vomiting, paper bag breathing, etc. If it is not effective, then consider medication. Hiccups may be caused by dietary factors, or reflux esophagitis, functional dyspepsia and other disease factors, the former need to adjust the diet, the latter need to be under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment, such as general treatment, medication and so on. 1. Dietary factors: hiccups may be caused by eating too fast, eating too much, and drinking too much carbonated beverages, so you need to adjust your diet, chew slowly and avoid drinking too much carbonated beverages. 2. Reflux esophagitis: should not eat before going to bed, need to elevate the head of the bed to ease the symptoms of reflux, but also can use omeprazole, lansoprazole and other acid-suppressing drugs, but also the use of doxepanolone, moxapride and other gastric motivation drugs to promote gastric emptying. 3. Functional dyspepsia: slow gastrointestinal peristalsis can lead to slow food emptying, food in the stomach after continuous fermentation and gas production can cause hiccups, you need to maintain a light and easy to digest diet, you can also use domperidone and other gastric motivation drugs treatment. Sometimes hiccups may be a sign of organic disease, need to be careful to identify, comprehensive investigation, so patients with hiccups exclude dietary factors, and hiccups frequent or persistent unrelieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital, under the guidance of a physician for treatment.