Post pneumonia hiccups

meeks

Regular Member

Joined : Dec 2007

Posts : 27

Posted 8/27/2008 3:37 AM (GMT 0)

for about a month now since my dx of having pnuemonia, I've been having this weird hiccup that'll happen for no reason at all. I'll be talking to whomever an then all of a sudden boom...it's almost like a stutter/hiccup/ twitch....I've never ever had this happen before, I'm thinking nmy diaphram was affected by the pnuemonia. i dont knw really. I'm still doing breathinh exercises off and on thru out the week. my lungs are still kinda sorta weak. I cant get above 1500mls as far as my lung intake on my little machine. and it goes up to 2500ml

does any one know what I mean?

Ginny

Veteran Member

Joined : Feb 2003

Posts : 5514

Posted 8/27/2008 3:26 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Meeks!

I DO know what you're talking about. After my bout with pneumonia I had hiccups too. It was from the intense coughing. Our diaphram muscles work together with our intercostal muscles (rib cage). If the two are out of sync, we get hiccups. That's why holding our breath for as long as you can, will stop hiccups. It resets the muscles to work together.

When we're coughing constantly and really hard, it upsets the "rythm".

Annoying isn't it!!!

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