Head Hurts When I Cough
You sometimes hear people say, “My head hurts when I cough and bend over”. This is a common problem for people who are suffering from dry cough, or coughs that have been around for weeks. Actually coughing continuously creates pressure that pushes the head, neck and chest, and consequently creates a headache and pain in other parts of the body. Benign cough headache is usually bilateral and of sudden onset.
Many physicians call such type of headache as primary cough headache. Soon after a bout of coughing, the patient may complain of a headache.