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 ...

Feel a sneeze coming on? Doctors are telling people to just let it all out. A 34-year-old man found out the dangers of stifling a sneeze when he ruptured his throat after pinching his nose and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The patient: A man in his 30s in the U.K. The symptoms: The patient arrived at the emergency department in severe pain and with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though it may seem like the polite thing to do, holding in a sneeze can be downright dangerous. One man in England learned this ...

LONDON (AP) – Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he ...

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 ...

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The patient: A man in his 30s in the U.K. The symptoms: The patient arrived at the emergency department in severe pain and with a swollen neck that he struggled to move. He reported that the pain had ...

LONDON (AP) — Doctors in England say stifling a big sneeze can be hazardous for your health in rare cases, based on the very unusual experience of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he ...

LONDON (AP) — Doctors in England say stifling a big sneeze can be hazardous for your health in rare cases, based on the very unusual experience of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he ...