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Everyone gets the hiccups. The unmistakable, sudden muscle movements and distinct "hic" sound are an all too common occurrence, especially while eating or drinking.
There are many folk remedies for hiccups, including headstanding, drinking a glass of water upside-down, being frightened by someone, breathing into a bag, eating a large spoonful of peanut butter and placing sugar on or under the tongue. [27] [28] Acupressure, either through actual function or placebo effect, may cure hiccups in some people ...
Aerophagia (or aerophagy) is a condition of excessive air swallowing, which goes to the stomach instead of the lungs.Aerophagia may also refer to an unusual condition where the primary symptom is excessive flatus (farting), belching (burping) is not present, and the actual mechanism by which air enters the gut is obscure or unknown. [1]
Hiccup attacks usually stop by themselves after a little while. Having a drink will time after time (in most cases) put an end to hiccups immediately, and thus leave little doubt about what actually made them end. Cf my theoretical reasoning in the function chapter Raggabast 21:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
“Drinking raw milk puts you at 640 times higher risk of getting sick than drinking pasteurized milk.” “Only about 3 percent of the population drinks raw milk but they account for 96% of all ...
Burping is usually caused by swallowing air when eating or drinking and subsequently expelling it, in which the expelled gas is mainly a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. [2] Burps can be caused by drinking beverages that contain dissolved carbon dioxide, such as beer and carbonated drinks; in these cases, the expelled gas is mainly carbon dioxide.
“The best time to rinse with water is immediately after eating, but certainly sugary or acidic foods are most problematic,” says Auerbach. Foods like sauerkraut, vinegar, tomatoes, citrus, and ...
Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Postprandial somnolence has two components: a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract , and a ...