![]() ![]() To determine if HiccAway really is the best remedy on offer, one would need randomized, placebo-controlled studies. The first trials on this special straw are based on subjective reports and do not include a placebo, so there's reason to remain skeptical. Those who have used the device say it takes as few as one or two attempts for the hiccups to fade.Īccording to the inventor, the valve at the bottom of the straw can be adjusted for the sipping capabilities of both children and adults.ĭiagram of HiccAway, aka 'the forced inspiratory suction and swallow tool'. The straw has a mouthpiece at one end and a pressure valve at the other, which requires you to suck harder than you would through a normal straw. This pressure causes your diaphragm to contract, stopping the uncontrollable influxes of air which rhythmically slam your vocal cords shut and cause the classic sound of a hiccup.Īll that's required to stop these 'burps of the throat' is to submerge HiccAway in half a glass of water and begin sucking. However, in a newly published research letter in JAMA Network Open, survey results from 249 volunteers around the world indicate that 90 percent of the users think this thing works better than traditional remedies. ![]() The device is creatively named HiccAway, and if it looks like a Kickstarter product, that's because it is. ![]() If you want to speed up the process, you can always try holding your breath, drinking upside down, sucking on a lemon, or eating a spoonful of sugar, but as popular as these traditional hiccup 'cures' are, the advice is notoriously unreliable.Īlthough hiccups are nothing more than a minor inconvenience to most of us, for those that suffer hiccups regularly, hope could come in the form of a specialized straw recently invented by a neurologist. ![]()
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