Hiccups

Hi wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced hiccups that wont go away, my husband who has the dreaded psp plus type 1 diabetes was in hospital last week and has come home with hiccups that wont go away have been to the doctors but the pills given do not seem to have worked? any input would be appreciated.

[easterncedar]

I'm sorry not to have advice for you. I know the question of persistent hiccups has appeared in this site before, but don't recall a solution. I can imagine how awful it must be. I wonder what pills were prescribed?

[Kevin_1 in reply to easterncedar]

Hi ec

Nothing wrong with your memory then!

healthunlocked.com/psp/post....

Impressive.

I Googled it of course

I hope you are doing OK.

Warmly

Kevin

xx

[Hidden in reply to easterncedar]

thanks for all your replies it seems the hiccuping has now stopped I presume the tablets (lansoprazole) did the trick in the end.

[Kevin_1]

easterncedar has a very good memory!

Four years ago there was a discussion (Heady / Nader).

The solution (?) came from a speech therapist. She thought that it might be the swallow reflex getting off the a bad start and possibly throat dryness too.

She recommended taking some sips of water before starting to eat.

Do come back and tell us if this helps.

Best

Kevin

[racinlady]

My husband with PSP had a problem with persistent hiccups a couple of years ago. We found that a spoonful of sugar helped more than anything else we tried. Being a real sweet tooth he liked this solution. As I recall, the problem went away in a month or so. Hope this works for your husband.

[MJKD]

My husband also got intractable hiccups in the hospital and we are getting ready to try thorazine. It is exhausting as he is also recovering from sepsis and a UTI. Not sure if the antibiotics caused them. Did not realize that sometimes it can be a PSP related thing.