Why exactly does it hurt so much to cough?!

Question: When you have a bad cough (REALLY BAD)

Why does it hurt so much to cough?

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Answers: When you have a bad cough (REALLY BAD)

Why does it hurt so much to cough?

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Coughing is a way of body trying to remove mucus from lungs, so when you cough the force of coughing causes the pain - the more mucus in lungs, the more and forceful you will cough to remove it - thus more pain.

Here's some information :

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/tc/cou...

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the constriction is so tense maybe? i know what you mean though, i cough 24/7, my parents tell me to shut up cuz i cough so much.

unless you have whooping cough, where you cough so much and so hard that you could break a rib or make yourself throw up.

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because of all the fluid in your lungs. you sound like you have an upper respiratory infection. see a doc

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