Hiccups and Psychosis: Two atypical presentations of COVID -19

Abstract

The WHO defines a possible case of COVID-19 as a person experiencing fever, cough, shortness of breath and neurological signs including anosmia, ageusia or dysgeusia. However, experiences from hospitals all over the world have shown that presentations vary widely. In our emergency department in a private hospital in Mexico City, we received two patients with very different symptoms on the same shift. Two previously healthy men in their 40 s presented, one with 3 days of hiccups and the other with a new onset psychotic event.

Case Report: Two Cases of Persistent Hiccups Complicating COVID-19

“…A small number of other case reports with atypical presentation of COVID-19 pneumonia with hiccups have been published. 14 …”