Why coughing in the head and how to deal with the problem

1 Causes of headache with cough

The causes that cause pain in the temples are quite diverse. The main ones are:

• smoking, due to which blood pressure rises and the general weak state of the organism appears;
• allergic reaction;
• meteorological dependence;
• Arnold-Chiari Syndrome;
• sinusitis, in which there is a runny nose and pain in the frontal region;
• cervical neuralgia, in which the peripheral nerve is affected, painful sensations disturb the person with coughing, sharp movements and turns of the head;
• cervical osteochondrosis, in which the patient feels unpleasant sensations in the occipital part of the head, they become stronger during coughing and with tilting of the head;
• is an oncological disease.

To determine the reason why the patient has a headache while coughing, it is necessary to pass laboratory tests, due to which it is possible to calculate the speed of blood movement in the vessels of the brain. Also, a specialist appoints magnetic resonance imaging.

Quite often the pain in the head when coughing is felt by men aged 40 years and older. The attack can last from 2 minutes to half an hour. Pain is activated primarily in one area, while a person can have a fever and the state of the body as a whole worsens.

If a man has such a bad habit as smoking, then the pain of coughing for him is quite common. Nicotine, which is a part of cigarettes, disrupts the normal activity of the cardiovascular system and can lead to the development of hypertension and other serious diseases.

In addition to coughing and headaches, a man has shortness of breath, a tendency to sudden change of mood, palpitation increases.

Often the pain in the head when coughing occurs in people with vegetovascular dystonia. Basically, it is localized in the frontal zone and is due to the fact that the pressure inside the skull rises. This can occur when weather changes, sudden increase or decrease in atmospheric pressure, with very high or, conversely, low air temperature.

People with bronchial asthma also suffer from a headache with a sharp attack of dry cough. A person has a problem with breathing, so there is dizziness, drowsiness, general malaise, a sharp change in mood.

Cold is the most common cause of headache with cough. With his help, the body is cleansed of phlegm, and an increase in body temperature, pain in the frontal part and a weak human condition indicates that the patient is fighting the virus and is intoxicated.

2 Arnold-Chiari Syndrome as the cause of

If the patient has Arnold-Chiari syndrome, the course of treatment is strictly under the supervision of a specialist. This disease is associated with a change in the structure of the brain, resulting in various disorders in the activity of the cerebellum, which is responsible for coordination. Also, the cause of the headache is the wrong location of the medulla oblongata. Arnold Chiari Syndrome may appear for the following reasons:

• improper intake of medication during pregnancy;
• if a woman smokes or drinks alcoholic beverages while wearing a fetus;
• malnutrition of a pregnant woman;
• trauma of the child during childbirth;
• abnormal phenomena in which the brain is significantly enlarged.

Pain, which when coughing in the head, can appear in people prone to allergies. They suffer from seizures throughout the month, cough is predominantly dry and sputum is not secreted, while body temperature remains unchanged.

3 Medical treatment

If during the diagnosis the specialist did not reveal serious pathologies in the patient, he prescribes traditional drugs for pain relief.

These include Analgin, Ketanov, Paracetamol, etc.

When a patient with Arnold-Chiari syndrome feels a sharp pain in his head during a fit of cough, the specialist prescribes to him drugs for the removal of inflammatory processes. These include Piroxicam and Ibuprofen. You should take muscle relaxants, for example, Tubokurarin. It is effective to use with sharp pain No-shpu.

4 Folk remedies

1. A popular means for treating a headache with a cough is a compress. For this use vinegar. You should take gauze or a small piece of cloth, soak it with vinegar and attach it to the forehead and temples. When the compress becomes warm, you should again moisten it in vinegar and repeat the process. If dizziness occurs during the procedure, then it should stop immediately.
2. Cold compresses are often used. It is enough to take a small container of cold water, add ice cubes to it, moisten a piece of cloth in the cooled water and attach it to the forehead. This method of treating pain has a vasoconstrictive effect and quickly helps to eliminate discomfort. You should repeat the process in a few minutes.
3. Cough headache is well treated with a salt compress. It is necessary to take a small piece of cloth( preferably woolen), prepare a solution( in 1 glass of water, dissolve 1/2 tablespoon of salt), then moisten the tissue in the resulting solution and fix it on the diseased area. The course of treatment with such a compress is 1 week.
4. If a person in your home medicine cabinet does not have any pain medication, then effectively apply valerian. Headache when coughing is perfectly removed by infusion from this herb. To prepare the infusion, take 20 g of grass, pour 300 ml of boiling water, put on a weak fire for 15 minutes, then insist for 30-40 minutes, strain and drink 2 tbsp.l.30 minutes after eating.
5. It is useful to use herbal teas to eliminate pain during cough. They can be prepared from chamomile, thyme, mint, etc. Such teas have a tonic and anti-inflammatory effect.
6. For the treatment of occipital pain, you should use the berries of Kalina. It is necessary to stretch the berries together with the grains, squeeze out the juice and drink 3 times a day for 3 tbsp.l.before meals.
7. Often people who, when coughing, give pain in the head, use cabbage leaves to eliminate it. To fix the pain in the temples, you need to take a small piece of gauze or tissue, moisten it in essential oil, for example, you can use menthol or mint, and attach to the temples, forehead and the nape.
8. The use of aloe is common. To do this, you need to cut the leaf of the plant, attach it to the temples, lie down and relax.
9. If a person has a headache with cervical osteochondrosis, then it is necessary to make infusion of thyme in combination with dogrose, melissa and plantain. To prepare the infusion, all the components must be taken in equal proportions, pour 400 ml of boiling water, insist for an hour, then strain and drink 2 times a day.
10. In case of vegetative dystonia, the grass of the woodworm is used to eliminate the headache. It should be washed, chopped and put on the scalp, fastened with a bandage for 2-3 hours. It is recommended to cut the fresh cucumber with rings and put it on eyes when pain is felt.
11. If the pain in the head is troubling in the genyantritis, you need to pour 1/2 cup of water, add a few drops of lavender oil, chamomile and lemon. Then you need to moisten the tissue in the resulting mixture and attach it to the diseased area. It is effective to use inhalation on the basis of herbs, for example, chamomile in combination with calendula. To prepare the solution, take 1 tsp.of each ingredient, mix them and pour 3 cups of boiling water. Inhalation should be carried out for 10 minutes.
12. From headaches for coughing, use propolis effectively. You should prepare the tincture: for this you need to take 20 g of propolis, add it to a glass with vodka or 0,5 glasses with medical alcohol, mix. The tincture is applied as follows: you need to take a small slice of bread, apply to it not more than 40 drops of tincture, then eat. The pain disappears very quickly.
13. Well from the pains in the head helps rye bread, which you need to soak in the vinegar, then apply it on gauze or cloth and attach to the diseased area.

Thanks to a large number of options, you can choose the most suitable.