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My husband has lung cancer and has just started with hiccups while sleeping got up the next morning and wide awake is happening like that to what does?
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Mgt: There may be irritation of the diaphragm muscle which separates the chest and abdominal cavity. Your pulmonary specialist may further evaluate this possibility.
Answered 5/15/2016
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