Florida teen Jennifer Mee, 15, has been hiccuping about 50 times a minute for three weeks straight. She has tried every remedy and doctors are stumped.
Acupuncture is very effective solution for hiccup,Why don't try it?
Want to know how? You can find it in my blog,
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Acupuncture is very effective solution for hiccup,Why don't try it?
Want to know how? You can find it in my blog,
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Hi Zak,
Some Western GPs acknowledge that acupuncture works. However, there are others that criticize the practice. This is because there is no physiological base or facts that show acupuncture should work. The biology of the human body does not contain these acupuncture points. However, there are some neuro-imaging studies that show acupuncture does affect the outermost layer of organs and can cause relief to many symptoms related to illnesses.
Hiccups, a phenomenon that affects almost everyone, remains a medical enigma. The pathophysiology of hiccups is thought to be a respiratory reflex in origin. The reflex arc is composed of afferent stimulation from the phrenic, vagus, and T6-T12 sympathetic fibers; a hiccup central integrator located either in the cervical cord between C3-C5, the brain stem, or midbrain area; and principal efferent limbs being the phrenic nerves. Hiccups are usually precipitated by direct injury to the reflex arc or an underlying disease inducing injury, irritation, or inflammation to one of the nerves involved in the hiccup reflex arc.
Numerous therapies have been recommended to treat hiccups.They act on the hiccup reflex arc by counteracting the stimulatory impulses, blocking the transmission of nerve impulses, or affecting the underlying causes.
Antipsychotic agents such as chlorpromazine and haloperidol have been widely used, but postural hypotension is a common adverse effect. Anticonvulsant agents-diphenylhydantoin, valproic acid, and carbamazepine-also sometimes work.
However, bradycardia, heart block, and hypotension are potential risks related to the use of diphenylhydantoin, as well as valproate-induced hepatotoxicity. The dopamine antagonist metoclopramide is effective, but extrapyramidal reactions mandate its cautious use. Moderate success has been reported with sedative-hypnotic agents, for example, phenobarbital, but their reliability is unpredictable.
Recently, baclofen, a?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivative with the effect of presynaptic motor neuron inhibition, has been shown to relieve hiccups, but somnolence, fatigue, and nausea are frequent. It can also induce central nervous system suppression with disturbed consciousness in patients with impaired renal function. Several other agents have also been recommended, but most lack evidence of efficacy.
Nonpharmacologic therapies such as the Valsalva maneuver, pharyngeal stimulation, phrenic nerve block or crush, or carotid sinus compression can exert their effects through respiratory interruption, counter-irritation, or blockade of vagal or phrenic nerve impulses.
However Acupuncture has been successfully shown to influence the course of intractable hiccups1 and to have a sustained effect in managing the intractable hiccups of malignancy.