THE hiccups It is one of man’s most annoying reflexes, even though it usually lasts a little. But what can happen when it insists for days?
Most people have a hiccups sporadically, but usually lasts a few minutes and then recedes. Some people, however, have a one -month hiccups that last a month or longer.
What is the world record? The… 69 years and 9 months, according to the Guinness World Record Book. It was occupied by a farmer from Iowa, named Charles Osborne (1894-1991).
This man began to have a hiccups in 1922 and continued until his death. For decades he had a hiccups up to 40 times a minute, and in the last years of his life his frequency was reduced to 20 times a minute.
The hiccups typically manifests four to 60 times a minute. Acute hiccups is frequent and usually starts suddenly, without having been a specific one. This kind of hiccups is likely to pass if, for example, we keep our breath.
But what do experts say, and how can you stop it?
Dr. Georgia Katsouli, ENT surgeon, has some useful tips.
Apart from the acute hiccups, however, there are persistent forms, which are completely different.
The non -shameless hiccups often has underlying causes, they write in the medical inspection Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports.
A patient’s hiccups, for example, was attributed to inflammation (arthritis) in the joint that connects the claw to the sternum (in the chest). In another patient, hiccups was associated with blood clots in the lungs.
Some medicines can also cause prolonged hiccups, the two experts write.