What do you do when you get a tickle in your nose and the urge to sneeze is imminent? Perhaps, if you are in a work meeting, you try to hold back your sneeze, but perhaps after you read what we have to tell you, you will not repeat it again. According to experts, holding in a sneeze can damage the eyes, chest and ears.
What Happened to a Man for Holding His Sneeze
- After holding back a powerful sneeze, a 34-year-old man suffered a tear in his throat, just in the part located above the larynx and esophagus, something that almost made him lose his voice. At first the man did not notice, nor did he feel pain, but it was when he tried to swallow that the feeling of discomfort began to appear and become unbearable.
- The doctors who treated him explain that it is an extremely rare case, but they advise not to cover the nostrils to try to avoid sneezing because, in addition to throat rupture, holding in a sneeze can cause a deep infection in the neck. It is also very important to expel the bacteria through the nose because, otherwise, they could lead to complications in the mucous membranes and/or in the ears.
How to sneeze quietly
Many times we avoid sneezing because we do not want to be the center of attention, but you have already seen that this practice is not highly recommended and can be harmful to our health. To do? The first thing is not to hold the sneeze and, later, cover our nose with the hand, with a handkerchief or with the sleeve. This way, we won’t bother anyone with our microbes.