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A Rare Case Report of Persistent Hiccups as an Atypical Presentation of COVID-19

Sudden, involuntary spasm of the diaphragm associated with closure of the glottis will lead to a hiccup sound. Brief episodes of hiccups are often self-limiting and may be physiologically encountered in everyday life. However, prolonged attacks of hiccups are associated with significant morbidity. H...

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Autores principales: Atiyat, Raed, Veeraballi, Sindhusha, Al-Atiyat, Neveen, Chan, Kok Hoe, Slim, Jihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8011285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33816024
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13625
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Sumario:Sudden, involuntary spasm of the diaphragm associated with closure of the glottis will lead to a hiccup sound. Brief episodes of hiccups are often self-limiting and may be physiologically encountered in everyday life. However, prolonged attacks of hiccups are associated with significant morbidity. Herein, we present a rare and interesting case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced persistent hiccups in a 61-year-old gentleman with no signs or symptoms of gastric pathology. As the patient required less oxygen supplementation, with inflammatory markers down-trending, his hiccups improved. The timeline of the symptom presentation and his response to treatment highly suggested that his hiccups were associated with COVID-19 infection. To the best of our knowledge, there are only two cases of persistent hiccups secondary to COVID-19 that have been reported thus far. Our case will add to the existing literature and highlight the potential association of COVID-19 with hiccups.