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Risk factors

By Mayo Clinic staff

Primary cough headaches
Risk factors for primary cough headaches include:

  • Being older than age 40
  • Being a man

Secondary cough headaches
Risk factors for secondary cough headaches include:

  • Being younger than age 40
References
  1. Cutrer FM. Primary cough headache. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 5, 2009.
  2. Pasqual J. Other primary headaches. Neurologic Clinics. 2009;27:557.
  3. Chiari malformation fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm. Accessed Dec. 6, 2009.
  4. Headache: Hope through research. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/headache/detail_headache.htm#142883138. Accessed Dec. 7, 2009.
  5. Bartleson JD (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Dec. 30, 2009.
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