Hiccups are associated with a type of stroke that occurs in the back of the brain as opposed to the top, a type that is indeed more common in women. Today, commit a few others to memory: hiccups, chest pain, whole-body numbness, and headaches, a set of women-only symptoms for which there isn't a handy acronym-yet. Quick refresher: It stands for face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty (the most common signs someone's having a stroke), time to call 911-and it definitely still applies to women. Speaking of every minute counting: You've probably heard of F.A.S.T. MORE: The One Thing Every Migraine Sufferer Should Know Stroke when they're administered within 3 hours according to the CDC 5 cause of death in the US,, killing nearly 130,000 Americans each year. The sooner a woman (and her doctors!) can identify these female-specific signs, the better outcome she's likely to have. But every minute counts: Clot-busting meds work best. When a woman shows up at the ER with uncontrollable hiccups and feels a little tingly, most hospital staffers don't immediately think, Greene-Chandos says. That's bad news, especially since doctors probably aren't in the know, either. (For more surprising health tips, get a free trial of Prevention + 12 bonus gifts here!.) Greene-Chandos's team recently polled 1,000 women and found just 10% knew hiccups can be a sign of stroke. When they truly are a sign of a stroke, if you're paying really close attention to your body, you might also notice chest pain, all-over numbness, or a bit of blurred vision, but, Greene-Chandos says, the hiccups are often so severe, those other symptoms fly under the radar.Ĭrazy, right? In fact, no one really knows about this whole hiccup thing. MORE: 9 Things Your Sweat Is Trying To Tell You These are hiccups so bad you just might bring yourself to the emergency room. Hiccups may also be a sign you're having a stroke.īefore you freak: We're not talking about those same beer-chugging hiccups, but a painful, unrelenting, severe case of the hiccups that comes on out of nowhere, says neurologist Diana Greene-Chandos, MD, director of neuroscience critical care at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. Those hiccups are pretty annoying, maybe a little embarrassing, but hey, we're not judging. So you gulped down your beer a little too fast.
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