Open AccessHiccups leading to dipnoea in a patient with Covid-19
Author(s) -
Plínio de Oliveira Holanda,
José Carlos Rodrigue Nascimento,
Francisco Thiago Santos Salmito,
Ingrid Correia Nogueira
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
brazilian journal of case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2763-583X
DOI - 10.52600/2763-583x.bjcr.2022.2.1.59-64
Subject(s) - hiccups , covid-19 , medicine , pandemic , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , multisystem disease , anesthesia , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , outbreak
In 2020 and 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic caused drastic consequences around the world. The disease causes a flu syndrome with clinical pictures ranging from mild to severe. Since it is a systemic flu syndrome, several clinical manifestations have been described for this disease, but cases of hiccups associated with Covid-19 have rarely been reported. This report describes a rare case presented in which a patient with Covid-19 developed respiratory discomfort after complaining of persistent hiccups. The patient was treated clinically and experienced a sudden improvement in their dyspnoea immediately after the disappearance of the hiccups crisis. This sudden improvement suggests a very likely cause–effect relationship.