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What Causes Headaches Upon Coughing?

Boyfriend has the flu went to hospital sat. evening. He is coughing which they gave him cough medicine but when he coughs his head hurts on both sides really bad, dosent seem to be going away, he grabs his head and holds it, was trying to decide to take him back to the hospital or not. he has been on tamaflu since sat. evening and almost done with is and cough med. with codine and taking tylonal.
Thu, 7 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
What your boyfriend is suffering is viral infection of respiratory tract.
Since it causes congestion of mucosal tract of nose and paranasal sinuses, he experiencing headache while coughing.
He needs to take decongestant medications along with the ones what has been prescribed by your doctor.
He needs to take supportive care by taking steam inhalation thrice daily and do salt water gargling with warm water thrice daily.
Gradually, he should get better and be back to normal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr.Ashakiran.S.
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What Causes Headaches Upon Coughing?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. What your boyfriend is suffering is viral infection of respiratory tract. Since it causes congestion of mucosal tract of nose and paranasal sinuses, he experiencing headache while coughing. He needs to take decongestant medications along with the ones what has been prescribed by your doctor. He needs to take supportive care by taking steam inhalation thrice daily and do salt water gargling with warm water thrice daily. Gradually, he should get better and be back to normal. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr.Ashakiran.S.