The physics of what happens when you suppress a sneeze
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Holding in a sneeze carries more risk than most people assume. The injuries it can cause include ruptured eardrums, damage to the tissue lining the throat, and in rarer cases, air trapped under the skin of the neck or leaking into the space between the lungs. These are uncommon. But they happen, which says something about how much force the body generates when it sneezes. “The same physical principles that make sneezing an effective airway defence mechanism c
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