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Randomly on it that day, no vision in the screen.. what the..
hate that stupid camera..lolz

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Hiccups
What are hiccups? Are you curious? =)
I'm sure you can get more professional tips from the net.
But let me share some information I've learnt during my most recent Biology lesson at Pusat Tuisyen Kasturi.

A normal hiccup occurs when your breathing center (located at the medulla oblongata of the brain) accidentally sends a wrong information to your breathing mechanisms.
Example:
When you inhale, your intercostal muscle contracts, rib cage move outwards and diaphragm downwards. But what if your diaphragm receives a wrong message and moves upwards? Air rushes out your lungs and flows in your lungs at the same time. The opposite direction of the air flow causes that akward sound known as hiccups.

How to get rid of hiccups?
As our chemoreceptors in our blood only detects the concentration of carbon dioxide/CO₂, the objective is to higher the concentration of CO₂ in our blood. When the concentration of CO₂ in your body rises, chemoreceptors detects it, sends information to the breathing centre. The breathing centre will then resend information to your breathing mechanisms. New and correct information controls your breathing process, breathing goes back to normal mode. Hiccup porblems solved! =)

Explaining the tradisional ways taught by our parents or grandparents:
Drink lots of water:
When you drink water, your trachea closes so that the water enters to the oesophagus and wont get you choked. Therefore in the process of drinking, we actually do not breathe. While drinking for a long~ period, you arent breathing for a long period too. Concentration of CO₂ increases in time.

Holding your breath:
Meaning not breathing.. so that the CO₂ concentration rises. To acheive the objective, it takes some time. Hence, you have to hold your breath for long enough.

Best way! x)
Grab a plastic bag and cover your nose and mouth with it. Start breathing with the plastic bag covering your nose and mouth. This way, you will inhale the CO₂ you exhaled out. Then the concentration of CO₂ in your blood rushes up. In a nutshell, this is the fastest way to heal you hiccup.

Credits to pusat tuisyen kasturi Bio teacher: Mr T.K. Leong

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I like him so much I forgot what Mr Sin is for anymore. TK Leong made me realise how interesting biology can be.
This is why I like bio~ All thanks to him! Haha.

Hope you enjoyed reading. Always happy to share. =P

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