Headache started by couch, is this bad?!
Question: I have this headache that is brought on by coughing. When i have a hard cough, it triggers a throbbing localised pain in my temple, wuth general aches all through my head. It happened last night, and again thismorning. Its been diagnosed as a headcold and i've been given anti-biotics. But could it be anything more, i'm worried i might have damaged a nerve, or vessel, or something.
Answers: I have this headache that is brought on by coughing. When i have a hard cough, it triggers a throbbing localised pain in my temple, wuth general aches all through my head. It happened last night, and again thismorning. Its been diagnosed as a headcold and i've been given anti-biotics. But could it be anything more, i'm worried i might have damaged a nerve, or vessel, or something.
PHEW~~~And here I thought you meant the couch..re; sofa!! This is normal for an ongoing harsh cough..coughing is hard on the body..esp. the upper half!! Head pain as a result of coughing is not abnormal!! FEEL BETTER SOON
My Mom broke 2 of her ribs coughing from a cold and there was not a thing they could do about it, so she suffered with the pain until they healed. I felt SO sorry for her. The headache has happened to me also from continuing to cough and cough. I hope it goes away soon and stays away! Feel better.
lol look at your question & what you wrote:
Headache started by COUCH is this bad?
Are you coughing to hard? My husband has always had a deep cough. When he coughs no matter how small it is it sounds like he is coughing up a lung! You would think the man is choking to death. This scared me when we first married. I'd rush in the room and see if he was ok. He'd say something like "I just sneezed then had to cough."
I wonder why his head doesn't hurt like crazy the way he coughs.
Also it could be sinus inflammation. I have chronic allergies and sinus problems. Bend down and touch your toes. Does your head hurt more? If so it is sinus pressure bringing on the headache when you cough.
Take something like Sudefed. it will help
it probably just means that your imune system is a little low at the momment if thats how your headache started i suggest your eat more healthily and do 30 minutes of excersize a day which really helps your imune system.
When you cough hard like that, it is hard to catch your breath, so your brain gets less oxygen and therefore it makes your head hurt. When I have gotten coughing spells like that, I use a pressure point in my throat to stop coughing. At least it will stop the headache from coming. It's at the base of your throat in that soft spot between your collar bones, toward the front of your body. If you press there, you will feel a tender spot, don't press back into your throat & choke yourself. Sometimes it helps to rub it slightly between the collarbones pressing outwards towards the front of your body. When I start coughing and can't quit, I can press on that spot with light to med pressure (you will know if you get too much, it will hurt!) & it will stop me from coughing. I hope this helps.