Corticosteroid has been extensively used for the treatment of many medical diseases
caused by immune and inflammatory response. And recently it becomes the first choice
of treatment for bronchial asthma in a point of it's anti-inflammatory effects.
However, this therapy has been associated with many well-known complications
including truncal obesity, diabetes mellitus, excerbation of hypertension, delayed wound
healing, easy bruisy, atropy of proximal muscles, psychotic symptoms, and/or
osteoporosis.
We report a case of patient with bronchial asthma who developed an uncommon side
reaction, intractable hiccup persisting longer than 48 hours after treatment with oral
corticosteroid.
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