Do you know anyone who tries to suppress their sneezes? Some don’t want to draw attention to themselves, while others don’t want to spread their germs around the room.

 

Whatever your reason, doctors are warning that you shouldn’t try to hold that sneeze in. This, after a 34-year-old man in England ruptured the back of his throat when he tried to suppress a sneeze.

 

 

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A previously healthy man turned up in the emergency room of a Leicester hospital, complaining of swallowing difficulties and “a popping sensation” in his swollen neck. Turns out he tried to stop a forceful sneeze by pinching his nose and closing his mouth. That caused him to lose his voice, and spend a week in the hospital with a ruptured throat.

 

“When you sneeze, air comes out of you at about 150 miles per hour…If you retain all that pressure, it could do a lot of damage and you could end up like the Michelin Man with air trapped in your body.” said Dr. Anthony Aymat, director for ear, nose and throat services at London’s University Hospital Lewisham.

 

While examining the sneeze-averse patient, doctors in Leicester heard “crackling in the neck” down to his ribcage, a sign that air bubbles had seeped into his chest. Worried about infection and other possible complications, they admitted him to the hospital, gave him a feeding tube and administered antibiotics, according to details published in BMJ Case Reports.

 

 

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Experts say this is an “exceedingly rare” occurrence, but suggest to always let a sneeze out.

 

 

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