Editing Cough (section)

==Presentation==
[[File:Qualitative-Real-Time-Schlieren-and-Shadowgraph-Imaging-of-Human-Exhaled-Airflows-An-Aid-to-Aerosol-pone.0021392.s001.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=0:12|upright=1.4|[[Shadowgraph]] videos of the outer airflow during a cough, comparing unmasked coughing with several methods of covering one's mouth and nose: coughing into a fist, a cupped hand, a tissue, a "coughcatcher" device, a [[surgical mask]], and an [[N95 mask]]]]

===Complications===
The complications of coughing can be classified as either [[Acute (medicine)|acute]] or [[Chronic (medical)|chronic]]. Acute complications include cough syncope ([[fainting]] spells due to decreased blood flow to the brain when coughs are prolonged and forceful), [[insomnia]], cough-induced [[vomiting]], [[subconjunctival hemorrhage]] or "[[red eye (medicine)|red eye]]", coughing [[defecation]] and in women with a [[prolapse]]d [[uterus]], cough [[urination]]. Chronic complications are common and include abdominal or pelvic [[hernia]]s, fatigue [[fracture]]s of lower ribs and [[costochondritis]]. Chronic or violent coughing can contribute to damage to the pelvic floor and a possible [[cystocele]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/bladder-control-problems-women/cystocele-prolapsed-bladder|title=Cystocele (Prolapsed Bladder) {{!}} NIDDK|work=National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases|access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>