[Lucky9teen]

9 times out of 10, when I've gotten the hiccups, if I take a glass of water and bend over and drink the water upside down, they go away.

Maybe she needs....

[Sax]

Drinking from the opposite side of the glass always works for me too. (Wind up looking like you're about to do a standing somersault.)

Anyway, this seems like something different. Can they use a needle like probe to shock her diaphragm? Isn't it all just diaphragm spasms?

[leilani]

Did you see that episode, too? Dr. House nailed it as usual. ;-)

That was actually based on a treatment for hiccups that was published in the medical lit I think rather recently which calls for stimulating the vagus nerve through the other end (i.e., anally) as opposed to the the more conventional approach of pulling on an ear lobe & slapping your carotid artery.

For short info about the treatment that was featured on House:UK Guardian medical column, scroll to second question. I feel pretty sure this little blurb is where the writers on House (the best in the business) got their storyline, too, lol.