When A British Man Blew A Hole In His Throat After Holding In A Sneeze
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He started to have strange symptoms including painful swallowing, a change in his voice, and a popping sensation and swelling in his neck.
A British man injured his throat because he held in a powerful sneeze. According to a paper published in BMJ Case Reports in 2018, a 34-year-old man attempted to suppress a sneeze by clamping his mouth shut and blocking both nostrils, but the force of the sneeze ruptured his throat. Be careful when sneezing while holding your nose and closing your mouth, read 'Snap, crackle and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck' here >> https://t.co/j5NLNyxArZpic.twitter.com/sLrqhMlDyB
The paper titled "Snap, crackle, and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck" claimed that the man "tried to halt a sneeze by pinching the nose and holding his mouth closed."
He started to have strange symptoms including painful swallowing, a change in his voice, and a popping sensation and swelling in his neck. He decided to seek medical attention.
