Medical Term For Hiccups Singultus

Singultus - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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Hiccups - UpToDate

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Hiccups are a common and usually transient condition affecting almost everyone during their lifetime. A hiccup is also known as a “hiccough” and as a “singultus” …

Remedies for Prolonged Hiccups | AAFP

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When you are seeing a patient with severe hiccups or (more commonly) when you or someone you know needs relief from hiccups, there are many (mostly …

Hiccups - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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A cause of long-term hiccups is damage to or irritation of the vagus nerves or phrenic nerves, which serve the diaphragm muscle. Factors that may cause damage or …

Hiccups - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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Drugs that may be used to treat long-term hiccups include: Baclofen; Chlorpromazine; Metoclopramide; Surgical and other procedures. If less invasive …

Singultus - PubMed

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The medical term is singultus, which derives from the Latin “ singult ” meaning ‘to catch one’s breath while sobbing.’ Hiccups result from a sudden and …

Hiccup - Wikipedia

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A hiccup (scientific name singultus, from a Latin word meaning "to catch one's breath while sobbing"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction (myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may …

Hiccups | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org

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Hiccups (or hiccoughs), medical term singultus (rare plural: singultūs), are an unpleasant phenomenon, experienced by everyone on occasion, and usually self …

Singultus | definition of singultus by Medical dictionary

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spasmodic involuntary contraction of the diaphragm that results in uncontrolled breathing in of air; it is accompanied by a peculiar noise produced by a beginning inhalation that is …

Chronic hiccups - About the Disease - Genetic and Rare …

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The hiccup is an involuntary action involving a reflex arc. Recurrent synchronous diaphragmatic flutter Recurrent synchronous diaphragmatic flutter Read More Abnormal …