Holding his breath, drinking from the wrong side of a glass and getting a fright, Chris Sands has tried them all and still the hiccups that have plagued him for the past 15 months refuse to go away. 24-year-old Sands hiccups as often as every two seconds - and sometimes even when he is asleep.

Chris has been afflicted with hiccups since February 2007 and has desperately tried everything from a teaspoon of peanut butter to oxygen chambers in an attempt to end his ordeal. So far nothing has worked and the singer has been left unable to perform. During the more intense bouts he is also unable to sleep, eat or even breathe properly.

Doctors have proclaimed themselves baffled as there seems to be no physical reason to explain why Chris keeps hiccupping. The 24-year-old from Lincoln has had a brain scan, abdomen scan, chest scan and CT scan all in an effort to uncover the reason behind his mystery hiccupping, but so far there has been no diagnosis. After admitting defeat, doctors are now sending Chris to a psychologist because they believe his body has now simply just got used to hiccupping.

Desperate for help Chris launched a blog on the MySpace website earlier in the year in the hopes that people could help him find a cure.

American Charles Osborne, of Anthon, Iowa, holds the record for the longest ever bout of hiccups, which lasted for 68 years from 1922 until 1990.