HICCUPS
Journal Title: Stanley Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
A hiccup is a repeated involuntary spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm followed by a sudden closure of the glottis which checks the inflow of air and produces the characteristic sounds. Hiccups result when afferent or efferent nerves to the muscles of respiration, or the medullary centres controlling these muscles are irritated. The underlying pathophysiology of intractable hiccups still not clear. There are more than hundred causes for singultus (hiccups), the most common causes of which are gastro-intestinal
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Venkateswaran A. R.
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