For most people, hiccups, which often interfere, only lasted a few minutes. But for Christopher Sands, hiccups have made his life miserable for three years.
Hiccups or contraction of the diaphragm muscle that comes with fairly regular intervals are experienced by men who familiarly called Chris this once every two seconds. “Often I was having hiccups quite severe, so I could not breathe. In fact, I often pass out, because this condition,” he said as quoted from the pages of The Sun.
Sadly, Chris is also experienced hiccups occurred while he slept. “When I woke up, the body feels pain.”
As a result of hiccups that would not stop it, not only difficult to sleep, Chris also became difficult to talk and eat. This strange suffering has been felt since September 2006 to August 2009. If accumulated, Chris hiccups as many as 20 million times in three years.
When was confused by what happened, Chris had conducted a series of tests and regular scans. But, do not go find the cause. When his weight dropped drastically, Chris had to undergo abdominal surgery to find out what was wrong. However, it also can not answer.
Until finally in August 2009, Chris went to Tokyo, Japan, and underwent an MRI scan. Was found at 1.2 cm tumor growth in his brain stem. Doctors diagnose the pressure of a growing tumor can affect the nervous system, triggering Chris did not stop the hiccups.
Although doctors have given a warning, a tumor in his head can not be operated on, but Chris insisted undergoing brain surgery. Finally, a month after diagnosis, Chris live operation at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, Yorks, England.
Operation performed successfully raised 60 percent of the tumor, and make cegukannya reduced significantly.
Unfortunately, the surgery has side effects that attack his body. Once aware of the operation, Chris suffered numbness on the left side of his body and had difficulty in coordination. Doctors said it would take about 3 years to get back to normal.
Despite experiencing numbness and difficulty in coordination, but the development of Chris’s actually better than imagined by previous doctors. Chris still hope in the future there will be a big relief that could help him to get life back to normal.
In conclusion, do not Sepelekan hiccups that happened in a long time and takes place continuously, or even permanent. Conditions that could be a symptom of the disease. These symptoms usually associated with the problem in the brain, such as brain tumors, stroke, or an infection in the brain nervous system.
