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What Causes Persistent Hiccups Along With Tightness In The Chest Post Injury?
My step father fell from top of stairs and hit his head bad, we took him to emergency room and they acsnned and MRI his head and all is good no internal head bleed. he has been hickuping ever since its been 10 days now for few minutes his chest looks like its coming up very high. he says his chest fills very tight. what could this be?
Fri, 17 Nov 2017
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Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm and it may be caused by a number of conditions. In some cases, damage to central nervous system as a result of head trauma or tumours can affect body's normal control of the hiccup reflex. If hiccups last more than 48 hours or if it causes some other discomforts, it is a matter of concern and it should be further investigated.
Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm and it may be caused by a number of conditions. In some cases, damage to central nervous system as a result of head trauma or tumours can affect body's normal control of the hiccup reflex. If hiccups last more than 48 hours or if it causes some other discomforts, it is a matter of concern and it should be further investigated.
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