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What does it mean to have headache when you cough?

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Dr. David Liu answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Difficult: There could be many different causes, but if you only have a headache when you cough, you may have a type of primary headache. How serious it is, and what it can be related to, need to be evaluated by a primary care provider, or perhaps even a specialist. Without more detail, it is difficult to say more.

Answered 2/23/2018

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