Why does my father have hiccups for the past six days?

Hello,

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I can understand your concern about your father. Well, the treatment he is receiving is already more than enough. Tablet Baclofen and tablet Perinorm (Metoclopramide 10 mg) are two medications that cure hiccups.

But it is required to determine the underlying cause for his persistent hiccups before recommending a treatment. It would be best to understand that hiccup can occur due to 50 plus causes, including inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, lung infections, diaphragm problem, pleurisy, cardiac ischemia, and inflammation of the pancreas, liver, gall bladder, and so forth. So the best way would be to investigate him further to rule out the cause.

But before recommending any further testing, we must narrow down the list of differentials on close inquiry and then suggest some target investigations to confirm the likely possibility. So I believe you got my point. So please provide me with the following information, and I will tell you the right investigations for him.

1) Does he have abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal swelling, abdominal tenderness, or redness

2) Did he lose weight?

3)How is his appetite?

4) Does he have chest pain, cough, difficulty breathing, pain in the chest on walking, or any prior heart or lung problem?

5) Does he smoke or take alcohol?

6) Is there any urinary problem?

7) Is there blood discharge from any orifices like mouth, anus, or urine?

8) Does he have acidity or reflux or food regurgitation in the food pipe?

9) Does he have difficulty in food intake, as food gets stuck into his food pipe?

Let me know the above-asked details, and I will suggest you the investigations. They may be as simple as some blood tests or a CT scan of the abdomen and chest or invasive testing such as endoscopy or colonoscopy.

Regards.