problem bnreathing hiccups

The problem breathing hiccups can be particularly distressing. Panic can set in fairly rapidly when struggling with your breathing and gasping for air, so there is a genuine risk for the individual. However, one remedy for problem breathing hiccups has a fairly sound rationale underlying it. Breathing into a bag or small enclosed container (ensuring that it is completely sealed around the mouth and nose) induces a state that is termed respiratory acidosis. The effect is caused by increasing the amount of inspired carbon dioxide, which then increases the serum level of carbon dioxide. The problem breathing hiccups subside with these increased levels of CO2 lowering the pH in the blood, hence creating a state of acidosis. This state of acidosis produces vasodilation and depression of the central nervous system. The effect allows for increased blood flow to the affected muscles, and suppression of the aberrant nervous impulses and eases the problem breathing hiccups.

Inducing a state of acidemia through hyperventilation is particularly effective in curing problem breathing hiccups because the diaphragm rests directly against the pulmonary vasculature that is then flowing with especially low pH blood. It should be noted that this is a potentially dangerous action in trying to ease the problem breathing hiccups and should only be done with another person present. As the serum CO2 level rises abruptly, the person will begin to feel light-headed and within a few minutes will pass out. The danger of course would be the person either injuring them self as he or she passed out, or passing out in such a way that the bag or container continues to prevent oxygen intake.

Additionally, another remedy for problem breathing hiccups, while having no sound scientific principle behind it, is paradoxically one of the most effective in treating persistent hiccups. One breathes out all the air that they are able to in one long exhalation, then breathes in all the air they feel they possibly can in one continuous inhalation. The person then tries to breath in even more air in a series of short powerful puffs, until their lungs cannot hold any more. The person remains in this state for as long as they feel they can hold that breath in. Although the success rate is not 100%, many people find this method consistently works in assisting their breathing and thus cures their problem breathing hiccups.