Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (대한결핵및호흡기학회)
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A Case of Steroid Induced Intractable Hiccup - A Rare Side Reaction -

Steroid 약제 투여에 의한 Intractable Hiccup

  • Lim, Byung-Sung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Wan-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Jin-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 임병성 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최완영 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최진원 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신동호 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박성수 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이정희 (한양대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 1991.09.30
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Abstract

Corticosteroid has been extensively used for the treatment of many medical diseases caused by immune and inflammatory response. And recently it becomes the first choice of treatment for bronchial asthma in a point of it's anti-inflammatory effects. However, this therapy has been associated with many well-known complications including truncal obesity, diabetes mellitus, excerbation of hypertension, delayed wound healing, easy bruisy, atropy of proximal muscles, psychotic symptoms, and/or osteoporosis. We report a case of patient with bronchial asthma who developed an uncommon side reaction, intractable hiccup persisting longer than 48 hours after treatment with oral corticosteroid.

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