Hiccups From Having My Wisdom Teeth Removed

I had been sick for several days prior to my oral surgery date and came in with a slight cough. I was able to control it for the most part so I didn’t think it should affect the surgery. They gave me General Anesthesia for the surgery and the next thing I remember was coming to in the recovery room. The first thing I heard was my fiancé asking “Are his hiccups normal? He never gets them…”

Being pretty drugged up at the time I didn’t think much of this. I was helped into the car and driven home by my fiancée all the while hiccupping throughout the car ride.

When I got home I slept for 4 hours and when I woke up the first thing I noticed was that I still had the hiccups. At this point I started to wonder how long I had been hiccupping. By my initial count it was in the range of about six hours, so far…

As the first two days went by I didn’t think much of them because of the pain killers the dentist had me taking. Sure it was annoying, but I wasn’t uncomfortable yet.

Experiencing 7 Days of Persistent Hiccups

Hi, my name is Paul. I am 28 years old and have put off getting my Wisdom Teeth out for almost 10 years. I always made up a bunch of excuses for why I didn’t want to get my Wisdom Teeth out. Whether it was the cost, or the potential pain, or even the fear of oral surgery, I made a poor decision in waiting ten years to have it done.

After several years of procrastination I finally made the decision one painful night to have my Wisdom Teeth removed. They were coming in more than normal and it was quite painful so it motivated me to follow through and finally have them removed.

I went in for a consultation and was told by the doctor that every single Wisdom Tooth I had was impacted, but that the surgery should be relatively straight forward.