Get those gloves ready because this hack hiccup requires a truly practical approach.
Pinky promise – works.
A 1990 case study tells the seemingly strange story of a 60-year-old man who enters the hospital complaining about hiccups that simply would not give up.
Conventional treatment efforts – such as putting pressure on the eyes and swallowing a teaspoon of sugar – did not work.
Then they tried a rectal digital massage – yes, it means they gripped a finger up to his butt – and, shazam, hiccups will disappear.
Other cases soon followed with similar results, which raises the question: Does this anal medical game actually work?
“It functions as a charm,” Dr. Hany Demian, CEO of Biospine and co -founder of pain care clinics, The Post told.
The method involves stimulating the vagus-relevant nerve of the communication between your brain and large organs-in a way that essentially circulates the reflex of the hiccup.
While usually looking for some effort, Demian said that it usually takes only five to 10 minutes to achieve the desired result.
The patient should be “calm and really quiet, which is easy to seek, but difficult to do,” he said.
To establish the mood, it diminishes the lights, gives them an oral soothing to help them rest without making them sleepy and walks through the step -by -step process.
Then it’s the time of the show.
“The patient lies on their side and we begin the procedure,” he said. “In order for this to work, the patient must breathe normally and not hold their breath.”
While it is effective, for better or for worse, it is virtually impossible to attract a massage of DIY digital rectum.
“It is very difficult to do this yourself as it is very difficult to activate the vagal response you need in your body,” he said.
“In theory, you can get a partner to do it – the main idea is to hit the specified vagal response that will stop hiccups.”
At the same time your night of the next date.
While it may seem funny in theory, constant hiccups can actually be a serious issue.
Demian recalled a man who appeared in the ER in the middle of the night after two weeks of hiccups without stopping.
“He couldn’t sleep and it was actually suicide,” Demian said. “As soon as he disappeared, he was so grateful and wept of happiness.”
Believe it or not, the issue comes out more often than you think.
“It is quite common, unfortunately, as there are many different things that can cause hiccups,” he said.
“Usually patients try so many homemade tools or advice from friends and family before looking for medical attention, which sometimes make it much worse and harder to manage.”
If your hiccups won’t rest, your best bet is to see a doctor.
Demian recommends starting with a primary care physician or neurologist to address the causes related to the nerve.
In tougher cases, a gastroenterologist-for stomach-related causes-or a doctor of the ear, nose and throat-on structural issues-may need to get inside.
Large hospitals and academic centers are more likely to have specialists who know this secret finger technique.
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