Want to know how to put a stop to crying when you don’t want to or curing the hiccups? Woman’s Day health expert Jane Worthington has the answers!
Swallowing a teaspoon of sugar can work, reports the British Medical Journal. Or take a series of deep breaths and hold for 5-10 seconds without exhaling. It immobilises the diaphragm at the base of the lungs.
Count to 10 to distract yourself, think of something funny, jut your jaw forward (which physiologically makes it hard to cry) or click your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
Cross your legs, and flex your calves. By tensing muscles you can divert blood back to your heart and brain.
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