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 ...

A man pinched his nose and closed his mouth to stifle a sneeze, which can increase the pressure in the upper airways by up to 20 times Getty Doctors are warning people not to hold back their sneezes ...

A hole in your throat is nothing to sneeze at, as shown by a case report recently published in BMJ Case Reports. And the case report showed the dangers of pinching your nose and closing your mouth in ...

A man suffered a first-of-its kind injury when he tried to stifle a sneeze while driving by pinching his nose, doctors said. The man, in his 30s, had a history of allergic rhinitis, or throat ...

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 ...