title: Acupuncture therapy for persistent hiccups.
abstract: Persistent hiccups (singultus) is a rare but severely disabling disorder. The causes of persistent hiccups are numerous, as are the treatment options. However, none of the treatment modalities has proven to be effective by evidence-based criteria, and no treatment has been shown to be superior to another. Traditional acupuncture has not been previously reported as a modality for the treatment of persistent hiccups in the English medical literature. We describe 2 patients with persistent hiccups refractory to conventional treatments that were treated successfully using acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine B, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: Elad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schiff
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: River
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliven
authors.forename: Majed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odeh
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006606:Hiccup / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged