Case Report
Therapeutic Gastroscopy in Idiopathic Persistent Hiccups: A Case Report
Coco JEF Walstra* and Hendrik Reynaert
Department of Gastroenterology Brussels, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium
- Corresponding Author:
- Coco JEF Walstra
Intern, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Gastroenterology
Laarbeeklaan 101, Jette, 1090, Belgium
Tel: +31651987168
Email: coco-walstra@live.nl
Received Date: February 11, 2016; Accepted Date: March 6, 2016; Published Date: March 15, 2016
Citation: Walstra CJEF, Reynaert H (2016) Therapeutic Gastroscopy in Idiopathic Persistent Hiccups: A Case Report. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 6:400. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000400
Copyright: © 2016 Walstra CJEF, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A 61-year old patient with idiopathic hiccups since 2 weeks experienced immediate relief after upper endoscopy, now lasting for one month. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a therapeutic gastroscopy in a case of persistent idiopathic hiccups. We agree that this 'therapy' is more invasive than pharmacological intervention, but upper endoscopy is part of the work-up for persistent idiopathic hiccups. Moreover, pharmacological treatments are not based on high quality trials, do have side effects and hiccups often upon therapy cessation. Therefore, we believe that upper endoscopy could be of therapeutic use in some of these patients.
