Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While hiccups are typically short-lived, they can also be painful, loud and disruptive—especially if they last hours (or more!).

Sierra Pisenti used to get loud hiccups for hours. They disrupted her day, embarrassed her and sounded a bit like burps. The 27-year-old mom tried gulping water, eating a spoonful of sugar and ...

Lisa Graves' hiccups started after getting pregnant with her first child - and since then she has tried everything she can think of to get rid of them Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

A FED-UP mum-of two has had hiccups every day for the last 12 years – and thinks they will only stop when she dies. Lisa Graves, 31, has not stopped since suffering a stroke during pregnancy and says ...

WE all know how annoying it can be when you have hiccups - but for this fed up mum she's struggled with them every day for almost EIGHT YEARS... and they show no sign of stopping. Lisa Graves' bout of ...

Several years ago I faced a despondent and very tired college student in my office. Her story was punctuated every few seconds with loud hiccups. They had been present off and on for two weeks. Her ...