Why you shouldn't dismiss hiccups

A 68-year-old decided to seek medical attention after being plagued with hiccups for four days straight.

Doctors subsequently administered muscle relaxers to calm the reflex and dismissed the man.

But just two days later he returned with the same complaint. After several tests, physicians discovered the man had actually suffered a small heart attack.

Chris Sands eventually received an MRI, which revealed a tumor on his brain stem and later had surgery to remove the tumor and, though his hiccups weren't fully cured as of 2010, Sands said his condition has greatly improved.

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