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So have you ever coughed so hard that you, like, thought you busted a rib or something?

Well, I can do worse than that. I've coughed so hard that I threw out my back.

Wow. That's pretty hard. It's still not as, not as scary a story as the one we're talking about today.

Cough so hard that...

You tear your duramotter, which is a layer that protects your brain, and out of it starts

a slow leak of your cerebrose spinal fluid.

I'm going to just go out on a limb and say, that's probably something you'd see a doctor

for.

Yes, except, of course, you wouldn't know because you cough so hard, then... I'm going to just go out on a limb and say that's probably something you'd see a doctor for.

Yes, except, of course, you wouldn't know because you cough so hard, you then have a headache a few days later that just doesn't go away.

I mean, do you really associate that with a coughing fit?

Not at all.

Certainly not.

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