- COUGH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS IN HUMANS.
- SOMETIMES COUGH IS ASSOCIATED WITH HEADACHE.
- SUCH COUGH HAS BEEN ASSUMED TO BE LINKED WITH BRAIN INFECTION ALSO.
- IN THE PAST, INVASIVE THERAPY IN THE FORM OF PEG (PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY), THE NOW-OBSOLETE MEASURE OF INTRODUCTION OF AIR BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE INTO THE THIRD VENTRICLE WAS PRACTICED BY SOME SEASONED NEUROLOGISTS AND HEADACHE SPECIALISTS IN TERTIARY HEADACHE CARE CENTRES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNDER THE GUISE OF A NEW AND EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC MEASURE. AS RECENTLY AS A DECADE AGO, THE PROCEDURE WAS MENTIONED IN HEADACHE AND NEUROLOGY MEDICAL JOURNALS.
- IT IS A PURE MATTER OF CHANCE THAT RECOURSE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE US COURTS-OF-LAW THAT SERIOUSLY VIEW SUCH MEDICAL PRACTICES AND PLACE THEM COMMONLY UNDER THE CATEGORY OF THERAPEUTIC MISADVENTURE, AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT, OR WORSE.
- A REVIEW PUBLISHED JUST 3-4 YEARS AGO, STATES THAT WE PRACTICALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON BUT DOES NOT MENTION PEG: (SEE BELOW)
Headache associated with cough: A review
Article in The Journal of Headache and Pain 14(1):42 · May 2013
- I HAVE ELUCIDATED THE EXACT MECHANISM OF BENIGN COUGH-INDUCED HEADACHE OVER A DECADE AGO AND PRESCRIBED A VERY PRACTICAL METHOD OF OCULAR COMPRESSION TO GET IMMEDIATE RELIEF WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY MEDICATION, IF THERE IS NO UNDERLYING BRAIN ABNORMALITY (SEE ATTACHED PAPER; SEE ALSO ARTICLE UNDER CORRESPONDENCE & CLINICAL NOTES IN MAY 2005, PAGES 612-614--LAST PAPER).
- CLARITY IN RESEARCH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
- WHAT IS THE USE OF PROPOSING MULTIPLE MECHANISMS THAT RAISE FURTHER CONFUSION AND DO NOT BENEFIT THE PATIENT?
- SHOULD WE AS RESEARCHERS ALARM OUR PATIENTS TO CO-OPERATE WITH OUR FANCIES OR BIASES OR PRESUMPTIONS / ASSUMPTIONS?
- SHOULD WE --- ALL RESEARCHGATE MEMBERS AND OTHER MEDICAL RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE -- BE ALLOWED MISINFORM OUR PATIENTS OR THE PUBLIC AND ALSO DELIBERATELY DISTORT OR DESTROY THE HISTORY OF HEADACHE THERAPY THAT PROVIDES MANY LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MEDICAL RESEARCHERS?
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I attach a few historical published papers to complete the history of cough-induced headache and our clumsy attempts to deal with the same.
See how far wrong we can go and experiment with human beings.
See how important contributions that can provide light are omitted from citations.
See the politics of medical research !!
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