Two years of hiccups solved by identifying unusual cause: case report
Eosinophilic oesophagitis should be considered when investigating chronic refractory hiccups, doctors say.
The mystery of a 93-year-old man who had been hiccupping intermittently for two years, then persistently for a fortnight, was solved after doctors uncovered an unusual cause.
His ordeal finally ended with a diagnosis of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE), and treatment with topical budesonide twice daily.
