Hi,My father had a CABG last week and after 2/3 days he has started showing partial hiccups that tend to cause abnormal movements of the stomach [noticeable] and thus affects his sleep. Also his voice breaks significantly during this. The hiccups are partial in the sense that the cause movements of the abdomen region. Is this common? Can u please suggest what I must do ? Is this something related to diaphragm inflation?
Hi noted all his details don't worry hiccups can be because of slight irritation of the diaphragm (not inflation)a CABG surgery requires opening of the chest wall our body is a closed system, so if any new changes to the body environment is there, body will take some time to cope with it and get adapted to incomplete bed rest after CABG and limited mobilization can also be a cause as gastritis hiccups abnormal abdominal moments once as he will start to ambulate these problems will settle down thanks