A young man with a history of allergies suffered a serious tear in his windpipe after attempting to ‘hold in’ a sneeze.
British doctors, who reported the case in the British Medical Journal, said it was the first documented instance of a stifled sneeze leading to the injury – which can be life-threatening.
The experts said that suppressing the reflex by closing the nose and mouth caused pressured air to escape into the man’s neck tissue and chest, ripping the delicate tissue.
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