Charles Osborne from Iowa, lived with persistent hiccups for 68 years, beginning in 1922. This unusual condition, recognized ...

This literature review aims to provide guidelines for the treatment of persistent or intractable hiccups in the palliative care setting. There are no clear guidelines for the treatment of persistent ...

After two days of treatment, the patient still had hiccups. The doctors then gave him chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic medication known to relax the muscle spasms that cause hiccups.

For most of us, hiccups are a fleeting nuisance—a few seconds of staccato spasms and… well, that’s mostly it. But for one elderly man in Lebanon, the spasms didn’t stop. Not for hours. Not for days.

However, the fact that yours started when taking prednisone, along with a sore throat and abdominal distension, suggests to me that your hiccups could be coming from acid reflux.

However, the fact that yours started when taking prednisone, along with a sore throat and abdominal distension, suggests to me that your hiccups could be coming from acid reflux.

The list of potential causes of intractable hiccups is long and contains some very serious illnesses, so it’s not something to take lightly. However, the fact that yours started when taking prednisone ...

Sometimes uncomfortable and occasionally a bit embarrassing, getting the hiccups can be a—hic!— surprising interruption. That said, they happen to everyone occasionally, and they’re usually no cause ...

We present the case of a 72-year-old male patient with stage IV chronic kidney disease (CKD) who developed intractable, violent hiccups following a mild COVID-19 infection. Despite treatment attempts ...

Learn home remedies and medical treatments to help ease your hiccups symptoms and speed up your recovery.

Hiccups that last all day can be painful. But can you die from hiccups? It’s highly unlikely. Hiccups on their own aren’t fatal. Here’s why.