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Can someone cough hard enough, enough times to internally injure yourself?

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Yes: I have known cases of muscle injury and even broken ribs with a severe cough such as pertussis. Also pneumothorax where the lung leaks thru a rupture. So yes.

Answered 10/12/2015

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Can someone cough hard enough, enough times to internally injure yourself?

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