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By Mayo Clinic staffCough headaches are an unusual type of headache triggered by coughing and other types of straining — such as from sneezing, blowing your nose, laughing, crying, singing, bending over or having a bowel movement.
Doctors divide cough headaches into two categories. Primary cough headaches are usually harmless, occur in limited episodes and eventually improve on their own. Secondary cough headaches are more serious, as they're caused by structural problems within the brain, which may require surgery to correct.
- Cutrer FM. Primary cough headache. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 5, 2009.
- Pasqual J. Other primary headaches. Neurologic Clinics. 2009;27:557.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bartleson JD (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Dec. 30, 2009.
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