Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-26 | Page 10 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

Dr Fishbein's Health Talks Let me advise c you to hold your our breath and if it this falls taUs then gargle with a little water and if the hiccups still continue tickle your our no nose e with something and sneeze and if IC you sneeze once or twice even the most violent hiccup hiccup hiccup cup is ic sure to go 0 B By DR MORRIS i EI Docs Does this sound familiar to you Well Its It's advice given civen b by one Greek to another away back in the days dac of or Plato who lived about years before the present Christian era Yet m many ny of ot us seem to rely on just about shout such treatment for lor the ordinary ordin ordinary ary case of hiccups although sometimes some some- times the difficulty cant can't be subdued so easU easily A A- A hiccup is due to a spasm or con con- n of or the diaphragm with closure of or the valve which shuts off oll the he breathing tubes from the throat This valve is called the glottis The diaphragm m is a large Jarge muscular organ which the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity It is concerned con con- with breathing Ordinarily when you ou Inhale the motion of the glottis is synchronized with the muscles of oC breathing so that hat the he breathing takes place noiselessly Anything disturbing the synchronize synchronize- lion ion of ot this mechanism causes cups There are various causes which disturb dis' dis urb this mechanism Anything which st stimulates the nerve which passes down the neck into the chest to control the action of ot the diaphragm dia dia- may bring about a hiccup The overeating of oC highly seasoned seasoned sea sea- very hot or very cold food the he taking of or alcoholic bev beverages rages or ora ora ora a sudden distention of oC the thel stomach will vill set up stimuli U to disturb the acion action ac ac- tion ion of ot the diaphragm and bring about hiccups Thus hiccups frequently follow operations on the stomach and the intestines Moreover the centers center in inthe the he br brain in from which the nerves arise may be dist disturbed by brain tumors or abscesses by infections of the brain by injuries or by anything else that modifies the brain The hiccups that sometimes take place with a patient under anesthesia are ire probably due to some disturbance in n the brain There are apparently epidemics of ot infection which particularly parti part I attack these brain centers and hiccups Finally there are the kinds of hiccups hiccups hie cups cups that occur occur in infectious diseases and those which are apparently associated as as- i with n nervousness worry anxiety shock or accidents The advice of the old Greek obviously was intended to control th that hat t type of oC hiccups which is primarily marily manly associated with nervous dis dis- dis order In cases due to disturbance of oC the stomach and intestines attention attention atten atten- tion ion must be given to the condition of ol these hese org organs ns In the hiccups that develop after operation it is sometimes advisable to o have washed out in order to get gel rid of any source of C ir ir- ir Sometimes a little brandy ginger inger peppermint or substance sub stance tance helps to relieve hiccups due to stomach dist disturbance In other cases the inhaling of carbon carbon caron car- car bon on dioxide alternating with oxygen s such uch c as is used for resuscitating persons per per- sons ons who have been asphyxiated will help help Something similar may be ac accomplished c- c by breathing into a paper bag ag and the air that is breathed out FinalI Finally in the most severe types of cases a surgical operation may be necessary stopping plopping impulses that go along the nerve This however however how how- ever should be done only in the most persistent case ease and after all the ordinary oi- oi or or- remedies have I