tunafish Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jennifer Mee can't stop hiccuping. For more than three weeks now, the 15-year-old St. Petersburg teen has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute - despite the best efforts of doctors and home remedies. She's had blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI. Drugs haven't worked. Neither has holding her breath, putting sugar under her tongue, sipping pickle juice, breathing into a paper bag and drinking out of the wrong side of a glass. And, yes, people have tried to scare them out of her. The hiccups do stop when she's sleeping. According to the National Institutes of Health, hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes vocal cords to briefly close, which makes that distinctive hiccup sound. They can start for no reason or be triggered by anything from spicy foods to stress. It is not clear what triggered Jennifer's hiccups, which started in school Jan. 23. Her mother, Rachel Robidoux, recently turned to the local newspaper for help. "I'm just looking for some answers where somebody's gone through this," Robidoux told the St. Petersburg Times. "At this point, we're willing to do anything." http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070215/D8N9RMD00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pallab Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Erm.. I try drinking water with my finger in the ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 15, 2007 Administrators Share Posted February 15, 2007 A mate fixed my hiccup spree on Tuesday, he didn't tell me what he was going to do but he put his arms around me from the back making a double fist on my chest near the botton of the ribs (where they join) and then squeezed very quickly. It was all over within a second.. ..the hiccups stopped. and no it wasn't a "man-love" moment ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 this must look amusing. lol I wonder how she talks or goes to school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSecondComing Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Jennifer Mee can't stop hiccuping. For more than three weeks now, the 15-year-old St. Petersburg teen has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute - despite the best efforts of doctors and home remedies.She's had blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI. Drugs haven't worked. Neither has holding her breath, putting sugar under her tongue, sipping pickle juice, breathing into a paper bag and drinking out of the wrong side of a glass. And, yes, people have tried to scare them out of her. The hiccups do stop when she's sleeping. According to the National Institutes of Health, hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes vocal cords to briefly close, which makes that distinctive hiccup sound. They can start for no reason or be triggered by anything from spicy foods to stress. It is not clear what triggered Jennifer's hiccups, which started in school Jan. 23. Her mother, Rachel Robidoux, recently turned to the local newspaper for help. "I'm just looking for some answers where somebody's gone through this," Robidoux told the St. Petersburg Times. "At this point, we're willing to do anything." http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070215/D8N9RMD00.html How the hell do you drink out of the wrong side of a glass? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta_immersion Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 too much rum i say ... arrrr maties .. *ich* ... man, sux to be her, maybe some minty stuff or pfff i dono a vacation, maybe sea or clean mountain air, who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 How the hell do you drink out of the wrong side of a glass? :blink: Put your mouth over the glass instead of under it, turning your head forwards looking to the ground. The drink falls onto the roof of your mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboTuna Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 How the hell do you drink out of the wrong side of a glass? :blink: exactly what i was wondering :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 A mate fixed my hiccup spree on Tuesday, he didn't tell me what he was going to do but he put his arms around me from the back making a double fist on my chest near the botton of the ribs (where they join) and then squeezed very quickly. It was all over within a second.. heimlich maneuver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Uhh I heard on the radio that it was 11 months, not 3 weeks. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Huh, well im sure she will get over it, or is used to it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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