I LIKE HOW SHE SAYS IT'S OLD
SCHOOL BUT I MEAN IT REALLY IS
SOME OF THE MOST SIMPLE.
AND SO >> YOU BE THE MOST
PREPARED.
RANDI, WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOUT
YOU HAVE HICCUPS AND YEAH AFTER
I WENT >> TO MY CANCER OR DEAL
WITH CHEMOTHERAPY IT GOT A
LOT OF HICCUPS AND I STILL DO
AND THEY'RE REAL STRONG.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHEMO DID
THAT OR ONE.
WE NEED TO ASK DR. MARY.
ALL RIGHT.
DR. MARY GILLIS OF COURSE IS
WITH SWISS TV MEDICAL REPORTER.
SO WE'RE TALKING WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO OUR BODIES WHEN WE
HICCUP?
I DO REMBER LIKE IF I DRINK A
SODA POP TOO FAST I'M HICCUPING
AND I >> HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED
WHY WHAT'S GOING ON, MARY?
WELL, BECAUSE REALLY.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION IN TERMS OF CHEMO.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU WERE DRINKING A
SELTZER.
THAT'S OK.
WELL ANYWAY SO YES, IT CAN BE
TRIGGERED BY A BUNCH OF THINGS.
WE COULD EAT A MEAL TOO FAST.
WE COULD.
RIGHT.
DRINK SOME SODA POP SORT OF.
SOMETIMES ALCOHOL TRIGGERS IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY IF IT'S
LESS THAN 48 HOURS IF WE HAVE
ABOUT TWO PICKUPS WHICH IS GOSH
A LONG TIME.
RIGHT.
OK, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING?
YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD >> BE
UP HERE UP HERE BECAUSE YOU
FEEL THAT OR IN YOUR CHEST
BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE IT COULD
BE PAINFUL.
RIGHT >> PAINFUL AND YOU WOULD
THINK IT COMES FROM THE MOUTH.
HOWEVER IT COMES MUCH LOWER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
BREATHE?
IT'S GOING TO BREATHE TOGETHER
.
OK, GOING TO BREATHE INTO OUR
NOSE OUT OUT THROUGH OUR MOUTH.
OK, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THE
DIAPHRAGM DOWN SO HAPPENS THAT
A RIB CAGE EXPANDS OK?
OUR LUNGS EXPAND OUR RIB CAGE
IT GOES UP AND OUR DIAPHRAGM
GOES DOWN AND THEN WE GO.
AND THEN IT ALL COLLAPSES >>.
WHEN YOU HICCUP AS A RESULT OF
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE
MENTIONED THE CARBONATED DRINK
THE EATING TOO FAST.
SO YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC GOING US
WHAT HAPPENED?
SO LOOK AT OUR DIAPHRAGM DOWN
THERE.
THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM.
WHEN YOU HICCUP AS A RESULT OF
THOSE EXAMPLES THAT WE JUST
GAVE BRIAN THAT GOES INTO A
SPASM WHEN THAT SPASM YOU WHEN
YOU TRY TO EXHALE.
THAT THEN LEADS YOUR VOCAL
CORDS TO CLOSE THAT HUT.
HENCE THE HIC >> SOUND INTEREST
>>.
SO YOUR DIAPHRAGM IS
ESSENTIALLY IN IN A SPASM NOT
ALLOWING THE AIR TO EXHALE AS
NATURALLY AS IT SHOULD.
SO OF COURSE THAT BEGS THE
QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HEAR SO
MANY THINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN
DO FOR HICCUPS LIKE WHAT IS THE
BEST WAY IF I CAN ASK YOU THIS
TO GET RID OF THEM AND PEOPLE
SAY IT'S UPSIDE DOWN OR BREATH
OR YOU HEAR AND IT'S KIND OF
SILLY.
WELL, FIRST I >> WOULD WHAT
WHAT IS YOUR GO TO?
I DO WHAT I DO >>.
IS IT RIDICULOUS?
I KIND OF >> HOLD YOUR BREATH
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT AND I
DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT KIND OF
SEEMS TO WORK.
IT KIND OF DOES AGAIN.
HERE IS THIS WHAT I DO I
REMEMBER A GIRL IN SEVENTH
GRADE.
HER NAME IS CHRISTINA AND SHE
TOLD ME THIS IS THE WAY TO GET
UP GET RID OF CHRISTINA.
IS THE EVIDENCE BASED OR NOT?
I DO KNOW.
THANK YOU.
OK.
EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN TWELVE
YEARS OLD.
OK YOU GOT THIS YOU GO YOU
BREATHE IN.
BUT YOU GO >> OH AND JUST KEEP
KEEP GOING.
>> YES.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
YEAH THAT'S ALWAYS WORKED FOR
ME AND HONEY I WILL SAY THIS
YOU KNOW THE SCARE TACTIC.
YEAH >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST
GOING TO SAY.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO SCARE YOU OR
GET YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE REALLY.
I KNOW AND YOU'RE LIKE THANKS A
LOT.
WE'LL LOOK.
THANK YOU.
BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BASED
RESEARCH.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE REAL
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ABOUT
HICCUPS.
BUT I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE TO LOOK
INTO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
I >> JUST CAN'T IMAGINE BECAUSE
THE HICCUPS ARE ONE OF THOSE
THINGS.
I MEAN THEY CAN BE ANNOYING
ESPECIALLY IF THEY COME OUT
WRONG >>.
TIME, RIGHT?
OH, BIG >> TIME.
IMAGINE THAT JUST HAPPENED JUST
RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THAT'S JUST IT.
AND I JOKE AND IT'S HICCUPS BUT
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS
AND NOT ONE TIME YET.
HAVE I SNEEZED ON AIR.
IT'S ALWAYS >> DURING A
COMMERCIAL BREAK.
YOU WERE I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH
YOUR SENSES LIKE NO I DON'T
KNOW.
WE USED TO PUNCTUATE THOSE
MOMENTS THOUGH, RIGHT?
YES.
AND I'VE NEVER HAD ABOUT
HICCUPS HERE EITHER.
IT'S A WASTE OF THEIR TIME.
>> SO IT'S CRAZY.
IT'S JUST LITTLE THINGS >> LIKE
THAT THAT YOU JUST YOU JUST
NEVER KNOW.
BUT IT REALLY IS FUNNY TO HEAR
WHAT PEOPLE WHAT PEOPLE THINK
VERSUS PERHAPS WHETHER THAT'S A
WISE TALE OR RIGHT.
RIGHT.
AND I WILL SAY THIS TO
EVERYONE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS LOVELY
GIFT THAT YOU GAVE ME.
INHALE >>, EXHALE.
I THOUGHT I WAS SORT OF TIMELY
TO THE SEGMENT.
SO INHALE.
EXHALE.
DR. MARY GILLIES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
RAN ALL OF US.
LET ME SEE HOW YOU DO YOUR YOUR
BREATHING.
CAN YOU SHOW US HOW YOU WOULD
STOP HICCUPS PERHAPS LIKE MARY
DID?
OK.
TAKE >> MY LET'S LET HIM GO >>
EITHER WAY I SNEEZED ON THE
AIR.
YOU WERE ONLY THE SECOND TIME
IN MY CAREER ABOUT A WEEK AGO
HOW I MEAN STOP IT.
YEAH.