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Meet Man Who Has Been Constantly Hiccupping for Two Years
The Free Press Journal ^ | June 07, 2014

Posted on 06/07/2014 6:30:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A man from County Roscommon, Ireland has been constantly hiccupping for two years after a boozy night out and has discovered that there is probably no cure to his problem.

Daniel Clavin said that the hiccups had taken over his life and he did not know if he will ever get rid of them, the Daily Star reported.

The 38-year-old said that he had tried just about everything i.e. all the old wives cures but he could not stop and he spent most nights in a different room from his wife so that she was not disturbed.

Clavin was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and believes that the hiccups could be a symptom of the disease.

Clavin said that he was told that he has got a high burden of the disease and this was the only symptom so far, therefore, he could not complain.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: hiccups; hiccupscure; ms

1 posted on 06/07/2014 6:30:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

This works every time.

Fill a glass with water. Insert a straw. Now seal your ears air-tight with your fingers. Drink entire glass of water through straw while holding your ears air-tight.


2 posted on 06/07/2014 6:35:03 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: nickcarraway

Watch for him to sue the distiller of whatever he drank. That is the world we live in.


3 posted on 06/07/2014 6:35:49 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: nickcarraway

Dehydrated. Drink alot of water and the hiccups go away. Take magnesium too which relaxes the smooth muscle lining.


4 posted on 06/07/2014 6:36:14 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: bicyclerepair

It works because you’re dehydrated :)


5 posted on 06/07/2014 6:37:00 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: nickcarraway

Hope this has a better ending than that Hiccup girl. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hiccup-girl-found-guilty-first-degree-murder-article-1.1463152


6 posted on 06/07/2014 6:37:30 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
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To: bicyclerepair

Just a mistake nature is attempting to correct. In a hunter and gathering society he would probably either starve to death or be killed by his fellow hunters for running off the game. In this world we will send him a check for his disability. S—t.


7 posted on 06/07/2014 6:39:19 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: nickcarraway

Is he a mailman, like his brother Cliff?


8 posted on 06/07/2014 6:45:04 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. (G Marx))".)
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To: nickcarraway

Don’t know what they’re using now, but Thorazine in modest doses used to work like a charm.


9 posted on 06/07/2014 6:53:36 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: nickcarraway

I had hickups after getting my gallbladder removed. went out for 6 hours and then stopped and I got 3 hours of sleep and back they went. they where so strong it woke me up..

Doc gave me some bills, I felt like I was gonna barf for 30 seconds and they where gone.

I assume (I should probably read the story eh?) this drug was used on him with no results.


10 posted on 06/07/2014 6:58:42 PM PDT by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: nickcarraway

BOO!!


11 posted on 06/07/2014 7:09:37 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: nickcarraway
For a really bad case of hiccups they usually give Thorazine.
(The same stuff that is used to calm down mental patients.)
12 posted on 06/07/2014 7:11:21 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: StormEye

“For a really bad case of hiccups they usually give Thorazine.”


And then the Thorazine shuffle.

.


13 posted on 06/07/2014 7:14:05 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

They don’t give enough to cause that.


14 posted on 06/07/2014 7:17:35 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: nickcarraway
Remember on the Simpsons

"Tonight we meet a man who was been hiccupping for 45 years."

Hic! Kill me.

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Hic! Kill me.

15 posted on 06/07/2014 7:20:06 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: bicyclerepair

Got a cure but he’s gotta be within hands reach . . . . .

Snoot ;o)


16 posted on 06/07/2014 7:43:51 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: cableguymn
Doc gave me some bills, I felt like I was gonna barf for 30 seconds and they where gone.

LOL


17 posted on 06/07/2014 7:59:23 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: bicyclerepair

I tried it once — it didn’t work.

I substituted the water with 101 proof Wild Turkey and I had a reaction I did not expect.


18 posted on 06/07/2014 11:09:06 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

LMAO. That must have been a blast.


19 posted on 06/07/2014 11:15:39 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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To: SMGFan

I remembered her, but not her bad end!


20 posted on 06/07/2014 11:41:41 PM PDT by jocon307
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