Finger Up Ass Cure
Cure hiccups with a finger up the ass
A New Zealand medical journal recounts the story of a man whose incurable hiccups were cured with a finger up his ass: A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccupsLinkwhich had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.
via: jwz and boing boing
posted by Indigobusiness @ Friday, October 06, 2006
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5 Comments:
The Dr Fesmire who came up with that received the Ig Nobel prize for it... Marc Abrahams, originator and presenter of the prize, said: "Quite why Dr Fesmire decided to try this in the first place, I am not sure. But that is why he is a pioneer of medical science, and I am not."
Well said.
However, I am not entirely sure this works as a self-administered cure. I'm waiting for the hiccups so I can try. But I think it may work on the traditional "a good shock will cure the hiccups" principle.
I think it's just an excuse to experiment with the anal second circuit.
Pioneers ain't what they used to be.
Isn't that one of Mark Foley's excuses? "I was just trying to cure the page's hiccups. Yeah, that's it, hiccups."
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Yep, Annulla, I think you've pegged it.
So to speak.
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