Here’s a scary lesson about why you shouldn’t hold in your sneezes. In a case report this month, doctors in the UK describe a man in his 30s who tore open his windpipe by holding his nose and mouth ...

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If you’ve been guilty of holding in a sneeze, this warning is for achoo. A man in his 30s who had a history of allergies tore his windpipe after trying to hold in his sneeze, according to a case ...

The stifled sneeze tore through the lining of the man’s trachea, doctor’s said, as seen on X-ray marked by the black arrow. BMJ Case Reports A man suffered a first-of-its kind injury when he tried to ...

You’ve started to feel that unmistakable tingle you get in your sinuses and you know you’re about to sneeze. So, do you try to hold it in or just let it go? Well, it turns out sneezing the wrong way ...

LONDON (AP) — Doctors in England say stifling a big sneeze can be hazardous for your health in rare cases, based on the very unusual experience of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he ...

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