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[lynnmarie219]

It is interesting Patze.....because I have never heard anyone else ever say anything like this before until now.....so lets see if anyone else knows anything more about why this happens. I thought I was going crazy or having some kind of panic attack...and I never mentioned it to anyone before now.

Pooh...do you know what could be causing this?

[Pooh]

When I first mentioned the "closed door" to my gastro, he said it was associated with the Autonomic Nervous system.  Also that it was another symptom of the Sjs process.  He stressed that when it occurs to relax and not panic.  Although it's a bit terrifying it will pass.  He also said he knows of no reason why it happens except for that.  Also when you have that sudden intake of a breath, not a hiccup, just a sudden short intake.  Another weird happening.

I'm sure it's the same with the hiccups, but I sure would like to know why they wake me from a sound sleep.  I think it infuriates me more then, then it does during the day.  I feel so blessed when I can sleep that it really tics me off to be awakened by these things. 

This disease sure can screw up your life in more ways than one.  The gift that keeps on giving, that's Sjogren's.

Hugs, Pooh

[irish]

Pooh, I think if you do some googling you would find that hiccups are caused by an irritation of a nerve. I can't remember which one but phrenic nerve comes to mind. I know that there have been people who have had hiccups for weeks, months, years. When it gets this bad it totally interferes with a persons quality of life. Docs will do surgery and cut the nerve to the diaphram to help curb the hiccuping.

I hope and pray that none of us ever get them that bad!!!! Hope yours are better Pooh. Irish

[Kimberley]

Only when I eat to fast and they don't last long?

[Pooh]

Well I saw my gastor today and guess what?  I could have saved myself a trip and ask Irish.  Right on Irish you hit the nail or should I say nerve right on the head. 

He told me that a combination of the dryness from the Sjogren's and the GERD (reflux) will cause inflammation of this nerve.  He advised me to take a Zantac 150 or a Pepcid 20 before going to bed if it is happening more than 3 or 4 times a week.  If not he said to take it when it occurs.  This is not in place of the Nexium I already take, just for additional help.

He was quite surprised when I mentioned the hiccups.  He said he hadn't been asked about them since he practiced in Philly years ago.  It was a health column reporter that ask him then.  They did a whole column on the cause and cure of hiccups. 

So that was my day, plus a little birthday shopping.  Hubby bought me a Stone Mountain leather pocketbook as my gift this year.  Never thought I would own such an expensive bag but it was 50% off and I had my 20% off birthday bonus coupon from the store.  I'm a happy Pooh tonight.  

Take care all and watch out for those hiccers!!

Pooh

[pudmott]

I'm glad you are a happy Pooh. You deserve it. Wouldn't it be nice to get a pressie after each doctor trip.

When is your birthday?

Pud

[navydad]

My stomach is so messed up that i;m almost afraid to eat,, as soon as I do, I get that body wrencing hic cups,, and the food just slowly makes it way through my stomach,, I saw the immuno last night,, he said no more IVIG,,, this after 6 months of the stuff, sais it wasent doing any good,,, also said what i;m bring out of mynose is a allergic reaction to somthing,, I;m not buying that one,, this stuff isnt normal,, I am constantly up at 3 am,, not able to sleep becasue of the thickness and choking i get,,

[Pooh]

Navydad,
Do you have GERD (reflux)?  This can cause so many digestive problems.  I know from experience that you never know when this problem will raise it's ugly head. 

I hope you feel better soon.

Pooh

[Epson]

I would never thought of posting about hiccups, but now that someone brought this subject up, I got to tell, you when get them and it's often, they come on with such extrem force that they acutely hurt and are obnoxiously loud and I have no control over them.  To date I have never seen anyone with violent hiccups like mine, but I never asked a bunch of Soggies before.

[navydad]

Navydad,
Do you have GERD (reflux)?  This can cause so many digestive problems.  I know from experience that you never know when this problem will raise it's ugly head. 

I hope you feel better soon.
I was told by my old Primary care that I had it,, I fired the guy,, he was the one that said I was a bit on the crazy side,, I see a gastro this week,, and the rheummy in Pittsburgh,, all I really want is for these darn infections to clear up,, and for hte stomah issues to calm down,, If I were a dog and feeling this bad,, they;d put me to sleep,,
Pooh

[wen.uk]

I get them after eating bread - my hubby thinks it's hilarious - wish I did too!!!  They really hurt.

Navy dad you sound you're having a pretty miserable time of it - sorry to hear it.

Happy new handbag day pooh x

[Katybarstool]

I get them more than I used to. They come on suddenly and surprise me, but don't last for too long.

Kathyx

[Pooh]

Thanks Wen.  When I wrote that reply I could not think of "handbag" to save my life.  Even "purse" eluded me.  I hate this "brain fog" so much.  I could finish up my moderator duties a half hour earlier than I do if I didn't have to sit and wait on words to come.  Aauugghh!!

Hugs, Pooh

[BeBe]

Wow, I have soooo much in common with everyone...

I have been having bouts of hiccups for years now!  I never know when it's going to happen, or why, but I do know that on any given day, when it does happen, it will happen the rest of the day after I eat or drink.  This has gone on for maybe a decade.

The other thing that sounds sort of familiar...Sometimes when I drink something, it feels like my esophagus "clamps shut" and just as the fluid starts to go past the back of my tongue and down my throat, it gets "locked out," and sometimes I end up almost spitting it out.
It's almost like how it feels in your throat when you have the "heaves" but it only happens sometimes when I go to chug a beverage.  Does that sound like an esophageal spasm?  It feels like it. 

[Pooh]

Hi BeBe,
Yes, it does sound like esophageal spasms.  I also found out on my last appt. with my gastro that the hiccups are a side effect of GERD.  He laughed when I ask him about it.  I said "What's so funny?" He said when he was in his last term of medical school he had to write a paper on hiccups and he was interviewed by the local newspaper to print his paper. 

That's when he told me that they are caused by irritation of the epiglottis.  In my case it is irritated by reflux disorder or other irritants.

Pooh