Hi,
How are you? Were you able to have this checked by your doctor or neurologist? As mentioned above, this could be from exertion headaches. This may be experienced during or following physical exertion like running, jumping, or sexual intercourse and also with passive exertion such as sneezing, coughing, or moving the bowels. Majority are related to migraine or cluster headaches while around 10% can be due to organic diseases. This includes aneurysms, tumors, or blood vessel malformation. If it persists, have this checked by your doctor for proper evaluation. Take care and regards.
I now get violent headaches from sneezing or coughing or bending downwards.Never had the problem before.
Headaches triggered by coughing, sneezing, straining....can also be caused from chiari malformation....ask ur dr for a MRI of ur cervical spine....it would show up and thena brain MRI w/wo contrast would be done.
Headaches can be from many different root causes as the dr mentions above.....if meds do not relieve ur pain....see a NL or NS for the MRI's.
Godspeed
"selma"
Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Headache triggered by coughing, sneezing, running, lifting is known as Benign Exertional headache.
Other possible cause can be sinusitis.
Usually OTC pain killers help in relieving benign exertional headaches.
Thanks.
This looks like a 'cervicogenic headache' to me, probably due to some mild 'whiplash' injury at the sneeze. Now each time you sneeze, the same area/ 'local-nerve-system' (so to say) is getting stimulated and you get the headache.
The medical expert you have to see is a neurologist, neurosurgeon or cervical spine surgeon or orthopedic surgeon, whoever is interested in cervicogenic headache.
Until then try to giving some rest to the neck (?!), and hold your head with both your hands while coughing or sneezing so that it doesn't 'shake-up' your neck.
Hope this helps!
Best rgds,
Thomas Antony