"Superhik" syndrome

Gvozdanović, Lea; Maršić, Luka

doi:10.64266/amu.1.2.7

ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2025.

Case report, case study

https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

"Superhik" syndrome

Lea Gvozdanović orcid.org/0000-0001-7042-1722 ; General Hospital Našice, Našice, Croatia *
Luka Maršić ; General Hospital "Dr Josip Benčević", Slavonski Brod, Croatia

* Corresponding author.

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Gvozdanović, L. & Maršić, L. (2025). "Superhik" syndrome. ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, 1 (2), 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

MLA 8th Edition

Gvozdanović, Lea and Luka Maršić. ""Superhik" syndrome." ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, vol. 1, no. 2, 2025, pp. 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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Gvozdanović, Lea and Luka Maršić. ""Superhik" syndrome." ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS 1, no. 2 (2025): 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

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Vancouver

Gvozdanović L, Maršić L. "Superhik" syndrome. ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 July 23];1(2):123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

IEEE

L. Gvozdanović and L. Maršić, ""Superhik" syndrome", ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, vol.1, no. 2, pp. 123-127, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

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APA 6th Edition

Gvozdanović, L. & Maršić, L. (2025). "Superhik" syndrome. ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, 1 (2), 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

MLA 8th Edition

Gvozdanović, Lea and Luka Maršić. ""Superhik" syndrome." ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, vol. 1, no. 2, 2025, pp. 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Gvozdanović, Lea and Luka Maršić. ""Superhik" syndrome." ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS 1, no. 2 (2025): 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

Harvard

Gvozdanović, L., and Maršić, L. (2025). '"Superhik" syndrome', ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, 1(2), pp. 123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

Vancouver

Gvozdanović L, Maršić L. "Superhik" syndrome. ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2026 July 23];1(2):123-127. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

IEEE

L. Gvozdanović and L. Maršić, ""Superhik" syndrome", ANNALES MEDICINAE URGENTIS, vol.1, no. 2, pp. 123-127, 2025. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.64266/amu.1.2.7

Abstract

In medicine, we sometimes encounter cases that sound unusual but actually have a completely logical explanation. One such case is the “Superhik Syndrome” – a condition that the legendary villain from the Alan Ford series would proudly wear as a badge of honor. Although symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting may not seem unusual, their association with excessive alcohol consumption and metabolic changes can lead to alcoholic ketoacidosis – potentially dangerous condition that can easily be overlooked. And while his opponents in the comics would pass out from his deadly breath, in real life, that very symptom could be a sign of metabolic chaos requiring urgent medical intervention.