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 ...

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 ...

Holding in a sneeze can cause a ruptured eardrum and other complications. A suppressed sneeze might lead to fractures or subcutaneous emphysema. Sneezing helps remove allergens and irritants from your ...

The internet has crowned sneezing as the body’s secret detox method—claiming everything from “sneezing expels toxins from your brain” to “seven sneezes equals one orgasm.” But before you start ...