Alright, let me tell you about this thing that happened. It’s kinda strange, and maybe some of you have gone through it too. It involves coughing, like, really hard coughing, and then suddenly… stars.
So, a while back, I caught this nasty bug. Had a cough that just wouldn’t quit. You know the type – deep, chesty coughs that shake your whole body. Felt like I was trying to hack up a lung half the time. Anyway, one evening, I was standing in the kitchen, trying to get a glass of water, and I got hit with a massive coughing fit. Just couldn’t stop, one cough right after the other, really violent ones.
And then, right after the worst of it passed, maybe five or six really hard coughs in a row, BAM. My vision just went weird for a few seconds. It wasn’t like blacking out, more like seeing tiny bright flashes or specks of light everywhere. Like someone threw glitter in front of my eyes. Yeah, “seeing stars” is a pretty good way to describe it.
What Happened Next
Honestly, it freaked me out a little the first time. I immediately grabbed the counter because I felt a bit lightheaded too, kinda woozy. Had to just stand there for a minute, blinking, waiting for my vision to go back to normal. Which it did, pretty quickly, maybe after 10 seconds or so. But the feeling, that brief moment of “what the heck just happened?” stuck with me.
I sat down for a bit after that, just to catch my breath properly and make sure I wasn’t going to keel over. Drank some water slowly. The dizziness went away, vision was clear, just left with the usual sore throat and chest from the coughing itself.
Thinking About It
It wasn’t a one-off thing, either. It happened a couple more times during that sickness when I had those really intense coughing fits, especially if I was standing up or got up quickly before the coughing started. Didn’t happen with every cough, only the super forceful ones.
I didn’t run off to the doctor immediately, figured it was just my body reacting weirdly to the strain. My rough guess was maybe the hard coughing messed with blood flow to my head for a second? Or pressure changes? I don’t know the fancy terms, but it felt like something got momentarily squeezed or interrupted.
- Coughing really hard.
- Especially when standing.
- Sudden burst of light specks/flashes.
- Feeling a bit dizzy or lightheaded right after.
- It passes quickly.
My takeaway process was basically just observation. I noticed the pattern: hard cough + standing = potential stars. So, what I started doing was trying to brace myself if I felt a big cough coming on. If I was standing, I’d lean on something. If I could sit down, even better. Just trying to lessen the physical jolt of it all. Seemed to help, or maybe the cough just got less violent over time.
Anyway, that’s my little adventure with seeing stars after coughing. It’s a weird sensation, definitely gets your attention. Just thought I’d share the experience from start to finish. Just one of those odd things our bodies do sometimes when pushed hard.
