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A member asked:

Why does only the left side of my head hurts close to the temple ? hurts more when i cough been coughing a lot

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Frequent and: Prolonged coughing can cause a cough headache.Treat the cough.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 8/30/2015

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