http://ehealthforum.com/health/stroke_symptoms.html en Hello. My dad suffered from a stroke but now he is in a persistent vegetative state.he had a tracheostomy up till now and uses a pegged tube at his stomach. he suffers from hiccups to and the hiccups lasts 4-5 days non stop. when the hiccups occur, his body functions will be affected. his mouth usually will be full of saliva which we will have to do suction every half and hour instead of the norm... <a href="http://ehealthforum.com/health/topic88947.html">click here to continue</a> <br /><br /> <i>Content provided by members of the <a href="http://ehealthforum.com">eHealthForum.com</a> community</i><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-57/~4/EZ6IgqMaHYQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ehf_rss-forum-new_posts-57/~3/EZ6IgqMaHYQ/topic88947.html http://ehealthforum.com/health/topic88947.html