Persistent hiccups

✍ Scribed by Mark S. Wagner; J. Stephan Stapczynski

• Book ID: 104312113
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 284 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80009-7

✦ Synopsis

We present the case of a patient who presented with persistent hiccups induced by a hair irritating the tympanic membrane and activating the vagally mediated hiccup neural reflex arc. Commonly identified etiologies and treatments of this condition are then reviewed.