After nearly five weeks of continuously troubling her and getting her to national television, the hiccups of a 15-year-old girl from Florida have finally come to an end.

Jennifer Mae started hiccupping Jan. 23 close to 50 times a minute and it only stopped when she was sleeping. She tried all possible home remedies including holding her breath, sipping water and breathing in air but all in vain. Mae also went to a specialist, an acupuncturist and a neurologist but none of them could top the poor teenager from hiccupping.

However, on Wednesday at 5 p.m. her hiccups stopped after almost 38 days and doctors are still not sure what caused them to halt. Mae is quoted by the St. Petersburg Times as saying, "Right now, my nose is burning and my throat hurts," adding she felt a lot better than she has in weeks.

In an attempt to get some more idea to stop her continuous hiccups, her mother called the media two weeks ago and she was also featured on NBC's "Today" show.

Hiccups can be started by anything from spicy foods to stress caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes the vocal cords to close briefly, making that distinctive sound. One possible beneficial effect of hiccups is to dislodge large chunks of food, which have become stuck in the esophagus, or which are traveling too slowly.