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Hiccups and VNS
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:07Hi, i want to let people lnow about the possible side effect of the VNS. My daughter had the hiccups for a year.... All, all night. We ended up doing surgery to remove a tumor in her stomach, put her on several meds. Ends up the VNS was the cause. It took about 20 minutes after the neurologist turned it off. She hasnt hiccups since.
Did the VNS device help with
Submitted by hoohaahill@rocketmail.com on Tue, 2015-06-09 - 18:30
Did the VNS device help with your daughter's seizures at all?