Talk about a bad hiccup attack.
Doctors in Lebanon detailed the strange medical tale in a paperpublishedthis month in the Journal of Medical Case Reports.
Thankfully, once the cause was discovered, the man received proper treatment and his hiccups finally stopped.
New research describes an unusual case of the hiccups.© Jung Mi Hwa
The doctors initially failed to find any clear indication of what was causing the mans hiccups.
Unfortunately, these cells also often play a role in causing allergy and asthma symptoms.
But the man had an eosinophil count of 18% and no signs of a parasitic infection.
Subsequent tests then confirmed that he had a condition called eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE.
Itsestimatedthat nearly a half million Americans have EoE, though its prevalence seems to be increasing over time.
But this case was even stranger than most, given the mans hiccups.
Fortunately, this story has a happy ending.
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