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Sometimes when I touch my external auditory canal I get hiccup. I first noticed it when I was 15 years old. I'm now 22 years old and it is still happening. I have it periodically, meaning that I can touch my external auditory canal and not getting hiccup for months. But then it appears again, I don't know why. For instance I'm suffering from hiccup since about 20 minutes now, because I cleaned my external auditory canal. It's quite annoying!
I've once read that many people react by sneezing when their eyes are exposed to a light of big intensity. Maybe it's related to my "problem"?
I've searched on the Internet about hiccup and ear, and never found anything like I described. Is it normal at least? Do you experience the same?
Edit : I found something : from http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1113/what-are-hiccups-and-why-do-we-get-them :
Edit 2 : I'd be glad to know why it happens. The phrenic never doesn't seem to be linked to the eardrum at all.
I've once read that many people react by sneezing when their eyes are exposed to a light of big intensity. Maybe it's related to my "problem"?
I've searched on the Internet about hiccup and ear, and never found anything like I described. Is it normal at least? Do you experience the same?
Edit : I found something : from http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1113/what-are-hiccups-and-why-do-we-get-them :
Strange.A 27-year-old man complained that he'd been hiccuping for four days. The doctor looked into the guy's ear and saw a hair tickling the eardrum. The hair having been washed out, the hiccups stopped.
Edit 2 : I'd be glad to know why it happens. The phrenic never doesn't seem to be linked to the eardrum at all.
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