A case of steroid induced intractable hiccup -a rate side reaction-.

Lim, Byung Sung; Choi, Wan Young; Choi, Jin Won; Shin, Dong Ho; Park, Sung Soo; Lee, Jung Hee

doi:1991.38.3.304

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 38(3); 1991 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1991;38(3):304-308.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1991.38.3.304 Published online September 1, 1991.

A case of steroid induced intractable hiccup -a rate side reaction-.

Byung Sung Lim, Wan Young Choi, Jin Won Choi, Dong Ho Shin, Sung Soo Park, Jung Hee Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Corticosteroid has been extensively used for the treatment of many medical diseases caused by immune and inflammatory responses. And recently it becomes the first choice of treatment for bronchial asthma in a point of it’s anti-inflammatory effects. However, this therapy has been associated with many well-known complications including truncal obesity, diabetes mellitus, exacerbation of hypertension, delayed wound healing, easy bruisy, atrophy of proximal muscles, psychotic symptoms, and/ or osteoporosis We report a case of patient with bronchial asthma who developed an uncommon side reaction, intractable hiccup persisting longer than 48 hours after treatment with oral corticosteroid.