The Weirdest Things That Sneezing Can Do To You

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Chances are, the worst thing that's happened to you because of a sneeze is a snot rocket. But for these people, sneezing caused anything from damaged ears to a broken neck! But in one case, a sneezing fit saved one woman from needing surgery. Who knew that sneezing could do all that?
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[@frogz]

randomly: dogs sneeze as 1 of their forms of communication

[@crapizio]

Great work as always! And thank you for crediting your video/image/audio sources in the description with links! More people need to do that.

[@janiprice6117]

My grandma once worked at a home for dementia patients (and similar mental issues). One of the old ladies told her that sneezing is just blowing the dust off your brain. I love that quote so much I just wish it was true.

[@giwilreker]

I sneezed and broke my back. To be honest I had a slipping disk I didn't know about and my sneeze applied enough pressure to pop the disk out, slamming it into the spinal chord and making me fall to the ground. Fun. Had to have spinal surgery and disk replacement. 14 years later doing fine but paranoid when sneezing😂

[@CL-go2ji]

If it´s any comfort (???) I popped my slipping disk out by shaking a (not heavy) blanket. So the sneeze may not have been necessary.

[@firerainnzz]

@@CL-go2jiif it’s any terror you mean

[@CL-go2ji]

Yeah, I guess that´s also a possible way to go ... Disks should just goddamm stay where they belong, regardless of (etc).@@firerainnzz

[@catherineyow6325]

Why is the first thing I thought of when I saw this video drop is the vlogbrothers video where John Green was talking about someone who told him that she visited a doctor that told her “sneezing is not normal” 😭

[@mbryson2899]

In 2011 I suffered a dissection of the carotid artery from a series of very rapid and violent sneezes. About four hours later I turned my head and some clots broke loose, causing a stroke. While recovering in the hospital I was taught by a doctor how to sneeze more safely. *Relax, bend slightly at the torso, and try to space the sneezes apart.* *Give your body a moment to regulate the pressure.* (I was in my mid-40s; ex smoker; perfect BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, et cetera; physically active and very in shape. In my doctors' opinions I was at no risk of stroke.)

[@quinn2014]

Do you have a genetic connective tissue disorder?? God that sounds like a literal nightmare to deal with.

[@mbryson2899]

@@quinn2014 They checked on that, and it turned out negative. It seems I just had a series of five or sux very hard sneezes in rapid succession. Somewhere in there I overcame the ability of the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal areas to regulate sudden overpressure. BAM, busted the carotid out.

[@quinn2014]

@@mbryson2899 damn that's wild. Glad you're still with us.

[@lorrifrogget911]

There is an opera singer, a mezzo soprano whose name I can’t recall, who sneezed backstage between scenes during a performance and lost her voice. It took her many months to heal and recover it enough to perform again.

[@HayTatsuko]

Gonna tell y'all right now -- if you have upper molars removed, do your absolute best NOT to sneeze for a few weeks afterwards. The first molar especially has a high risk of opening a hole into the antral maxillary sinus above when it's removed. My clue should have been the very uncomfortable sensations I was feeling in two of those sockets whenever I coughed. The morning after the extractions, I had a sneezing fit and blew both of those blood clots straight out of their sockets. Starting off 2023 with my first and only experience of dry socket, and dual oro-antral fistulas, was really not on my docket. One side closed up naturally, but the other... After three surgeries, I am still unable to use my upper denture until I have a fourth operation to open up the necessary cheek space again. Don't sneeze, y'all.

[@Ceelvain]

This advice come 10 years too late. ^^ Fortunately, no complications for me. But I'll try to remember if I get another implant.

[@golddee2040]

Jeez. 2023 isn't your year.

[@Derenyx]

I had an upper molar out a few years back, I was so terrified any time I had to sneeze until the wound closed.

[@theoriginalJP]

Yeah, it hurts like he'll if you sneeze after having a top wisdom tooth removed... my orthodontist warned me about it when I told him I had allergies. His advice was make sure you take a 24h allergy pill every day for the next two weeks... I missed one day and blew a hole strait thru my nasel cavity into my mouth. Two weeks of antibiotics.

[@humansomewhat2167]

@theoriginalJP Did the tissue heal over to close the hole, or do you have a hole there from your sinuses? This is a big worry of mine, especially after tearing holes in my tonsils and inside sinus cavities from sneezing. And I need to get my wisdom teeth removed eventually.

[@rhov-anion]

My mom told us to NEVER plug our nose to hold in a sneeze, even if in church (and she was STRICT about not making a noise in church). One of her brothers cracked a rib trying to hold in a sneeze, and my eldest sister (who has seasonal allergies) ruptured her ear drum after plugging her nose to silence a sneeze.

[@Stierenkloot]

I genuinely look down on people who hold in sneezes. It’s just such a low IQ to do. I really will judge someone over it and treat them differently

[@jpe1]

I’m reminded of a joke told when I was in middle school, about the man who orgasmed every time he sneezed. When asked what he was taking for this affliction, he replied, “ground pepper.”

[@mr.incorporeal7642]

Never done anything as extreme as these, but my intense allergies and violent sneezing fits (like 5 to 10 in a row) have definitely pulled muscles in my chest and stomach. If I've been sneezing enough throughout the day I'll also get what my best guess would be some kind of nerve pain that radiates out from my neck and slowly buzzes down my chest and arms. It feels absolutely bizarre.

[@erichurst7897]

Yeah, I think my max was 12 times in a row. Not fun.

[@extonjonas6820]

I have definitely been there

[@KitsukiiPlays]

Yeah, I got a cramp on one of my neck mussels from a sneeze. One of the most unpleasant sensations ever

[@mhoop1]

I blew out a blood vessel in my eye once from sneezing, had a pool of blood in the front that went over the colored part. Was gross and fantastic at the same time. Didn't effect my vision any.

[@robinchristiansen9826]

Yeah, fits every time. Ever sneeze so hard your forearms and thighs hurt?

[@owenness6146]

I once has a severe sinus infection & a sneeze caused a not-insignificant amount of green mucous to exit my tear duct. Super nasty, needed an eyewash, and any sneezing or nose blowing afterward would do the same. For months after I recovered the occasional sneeze or nose blowing would cause a puff of air to clear my tear duct.

[@daniellemurphy9755]

🤢🤮 lol. I've blown my nose so hard with stuffed sinuses that I could feel air come out of my tear ducts which freaked me out.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Hehe as a child, I dropped my spoon while swallowing cereal. As I ducked down to grab it, still swallowing, milk dripped out my eye! (Just a drop)

[@ladyabaxa]

Tear ducts are drainage routes for the immune system (not that tear production can't be part of an immune response as anyone who's ever gotten watery eyes due to allergies can attest) so that's not actually that surprising. Gross, sure, but better to get that gunk out so it can't build up and cause problems due to pressure. Sounds like the volume of mucus was high enough to force the duct open farther than it usually is and it needed time to close back up.

[@coliedeekenzo]

I also feel air coming out from my tear duct when blowing my nose! I never met anyone who knows what I am talking about!

[@barbarasmith3755]

Wow the comments are so interesting! Thank you for sharing all these experiences.

[@annikaohm]

I am so amazed and pleased a video was made on this! My partner had excruciating pain in his throat after blocking a sneeze. He had great difficulty swallowing and stopped eating and only drunk very small amounts of water with a great deal of pain. 2 doctors and an ENT specialist could not explain what happened and said it was probably nothing until the xray revealed a fractured larynx. The specialist said he could hardly believe it and had never seen it before. It's so uncanny I am now seeing this video! It is extremely rare but my partner happens to be one of those rare cases.

[@donna30044]

In the summer of 1999, I was rebuilding a stone wall in my garden. The weather was hot and dry, and I was dehydrated. I had a sneezing fit (5 or 6 violent sneezes) and suddenly felt a searing pain in my back and left leg. It felt like a red hot wire running through my back and leg. I fell immediately to the ground and, after much effort and with great pain, I managed to make it to the house and notify my spouse of my predicament. At the hospital, it was determined that my L4 and L5 spinal discs had been dislocated leftward and were impinging on my sciatic nerve, hence the burning, excruciating pain. It took well over 6 months of therapy for me to get back to work on restricted duty, and another several months before I could return to full work status. Now, at 75, I still have twinges of pain from time to time, but nothing like what I felt all those years ago. Stay hydrated, folks. It's more important than you might realize.

[@angeladesantis7911]

And bend backwards! Trust me its a McKinzie Method trick.

[@StarBrained]

I had brain surgery and stopped sneezing for 5 years

[@fampic7133]

lol

[@samham6571]

Why did you need brain surgery? This sounds like a very interesting story, please elaborate!

[@nicktheslayer95]

That means you were allergic to not having brain surgery, I assume.

[@StarBrained]

@@nicktheslayer95 lol no I had a cancerous tumor

[@nicktheslayer95]

@@StarBrained ahh, a secondary symptom of not having brain surgery. :p In seriousness though, I'm glad things went well!

[@karenneill9109]

I had a sinus infection once and sneezed, blew out the bone between my sinuses in my forehead. The pain was so intense that I couldn’t talk for a minute. My entire workplace saw the pain in my face. Fortunately, I started to feel better as the infected sinus pressure was relieved. I hadn’t realized how bad the infection was, but it sure gave me some special black eyes!

[@roguekin]

I was surprised to pull this up and not see anyone reference "Sneezing is not normal. I never sneeze."

[@RichardWinskill]

I was not surprised to pull this up and see someone referencing it ;)

[@jedstanaland2897]

While I was in the military we had someone break their sternum from a sneezing episode. We heard the very loud cracking then he started to bruse very badly all over his chest. We also had an interesting problem where a female coworker crushed her boyfriend's pelvis because of a sneeze.

[@resourceress7]

Shattered? Did he have osteoporosis?

[@craigstoner2632]

​@@resourceress7she obviously had thighs of steel

[@jedstanaland2897]

@resourceress7 The guy was very into bench lifting and other things that strengthen the chest muscles and he didn't technically shatter his sternum but he did break it in three places and he was sent to medical afterwards. His workout program and supplements might have been a contributing factor but I don't know for certain. He was using some kind of supplements that would supposedly make you build insane amounts of muscle but most of those things are a complete and total sham.

[@jedstanaland2897]

@craigstoner2632 Her thighs were well developed and she was fairly strong there and I think her boyfriend had some kind of strange genetic problem because she had broken his bones multiple times over the time I knew her. She cracked his jaw and his eye orbit and broke his wrist among many other things. She also broke his fingers and the only time I met him I cracked his wrist and almost broke it without much trouble but it was right after she had broken his wrist. Yes according to her every single break she gave him was during intimate time. This said both of them were or are Mormon so that might be a contributing factor.

[@lexacutable]

​@@jedstanaland2897I'm so curious how being a Mormon would affect this

[@mandaloriandy]

I once sneezed so hard I dislocated my shoulder! I was trying to keep it quiet, but my hands were full (so no valsalva maneuver), but I turned my head and tried to muffle it in my upper arm, and something just wrenched in the wrong direction and ended up sliding my shoulder a bit out of its socket. Not a full dislocation, it didn't need to be re-set, but it's been about four years since then and that shoulder's still a little wibbly some days!

[@astralb.2647]

Ah, a good old sneeze induced subluxation. Always nice, aren't they?

[@ToyKeeper]

It's amazing to me that anyone with a 2-digit age still does the Valsalva maneuver. It seems like people would quickly learn not to do something which feels so bad. Like, for me, it causes my ears to get plugged up so bad it takes an entire day to relieve the pressure.

[@flash93]

even when I was little, my parents would tell me to do it to unclog my ears, but it always had an opposite effect so I would just never do it. it feels awful, and this video is reinforcing that idea for me.

[@KenzertYT]

you could always tell what kids had unnecessarily strict parents when they habitually did this when sneezing. like.. dude.. I know that hurts.. stop doing that.. please

[@fluffysheap]

You're doing it wrong. It relieves pressure, not causes it.

[@ToyKeeper]

@@fluffysheap To relieve pressure, I can just yawn or even simply stretch my jaw in the right way. Quick, easy, safe, and no sneezing required.

[@Topo842]

It saves me from splashing everything around me, or messing up my clothes and or hands, also is quieter

[@MamguSian]

I once sneezed out an ungodly amount of black gunk (?) and my nagging headache disappeared instantly! That was nice 😃 For the last 10 years or so I always sneeze at least twice in succession every day. It happens in all sorts of places and situations so I don't think it's an allergy. My record stands at 17 sneezes on the trot.

[@Oddi0]

Sounds like a blood clot!

[@Brown95P]

As someone that often gets a little sneezing fit whenever my face gets hit with sunlight, l've learned not to see them as bad moments you should keep in, but as good moments you should enjoy letting out. But yeah, if an Aorta Tear sounds scary enough to you -- as you should -- then you should keep your hands out of your airducts when sneezing; you can block the expunge with your hands once it's out of your body if necessary.

[@nukeputin420]

Look up "photic sneeze reflex"

[@markdraper3469]

Not as dramatic, but a few years ago, I had a rather vigorous sneeze while I was opening a kitchen cabinet. While still holing the handle, I ripped off the cabinet door with the combined power of the sneeze and the arm reflex to cover like a baseball pitcher. Cheap cabinet, quick action. Truly felt nothing and nothing but momentary astonishment.

[@jacko666]

As a sneezer, I have popped out a few ribs sneezing 😂 I’ve also broken a rib coughing. I CANNOT BE CONTAINED

[@monk607]

Hey I pinched a never in my butt from coughing once lol

[@elmurcis1]

As regular sun-sneezer (there has to be a bit of initial irriation but after that - can "charge" from bright portions of sky - best are white "mountain" clouds a bit away from Sun but even lightbulb or white-ish wall can be enough to charge it), I almost always have it 3 times in row - medium, a bit light and heavy one). That last one is that both loudest aaaand can cause lower back pains (not like pain but... sour through muscles for some seconds).

[@brunorojas3992]

Fellow sun sneezer have you noticed if a sun sneeze gets canceled then the next time you sneeze it adds one more as if the canceled sneeze was saved. It applies to each canceled sneeze. If you can cancel two in a row then the next time you sneeze will be 3 times.

[@Dudewhatno]

Dude the cloud thing ain’t no joke, but any kind of light that comes and goes gets me.

[@ZX2Fast]

I get back pain when I sneeze. I found if I use my hand to brace my upper body, my lower back doesn't suffer the ride.

[@koharumi1]

My friend couldn't sneeze for a while. They felt like sneezing with all the symptoms but unable to actually sneeze. Eyes water, tickling of throat etc. This was due to a spinal cord benign tumor.

[@brunorojas3992]

That's escalated fast.

[@badmotherhumper]

After getting older and wiser, I grew fond of the "Dad sneeze".

[@joylox]

I subluxed a rib one time from sneezing so hard, and those are so bad because it hurts to breathe deeply. I've often had neck pain after sneezing of even coughing, but it hasn't been anything that a physiotherapist couldn't fix.

[@astralb.2647]

Oh yeah, those rib subluxations aren't fun! My neck will also sublux periodically after a good sneeze or a cough. Once the C1 and C2 pinched a nerve while subluxed. I became so dizzy I could barely walk for a few hours 😂

[@sapphireangel81]

I occasionally get sneezing fits, where I can't stop for about 30 seconds or so. One such fit pushed me from mild disc issues in my neck to the point where I had to have surgery.

[@Locut0s]

I’ve definitely pulled muscles in my chest and stomach painfully during sneezes, to the point where subsequent breathing is painful. I’ve also done weird things with my hearing during a sneeze like forced air into my ears or something reducing hearing and such.

[@Nylak-Otter]

I used to sneeze out cerebrospinal fluid way more often than I should. I genuinely don't remember why, but I'm assuming it was because of one of my particularly bad concussions, because I had enough problems to end up in the hospital to find out that the constant drainage wasn't just clear, weird-tasting mucus. It also came with a few nosebleeds that required rhino rockets and multiple liters of transfused blood.

[@ForestFire369]

I was under the impression that you should never be sneezing out cerebrospinal fluid... What the hell

[@Nylak-Otter]

@@ForestFire369 Yeah, you really shouldn't. 😂 Hence the hospital and probably why I don't remember the specific incident that triggered it. I'll ask my partner in the morning; she keeps track of these things for me.

[@barbarasmith3755]

Your partner sounds like a blessing. Your ordeal sounds BAD. Sounds like serious brain trauma that eventually caused more problems. I read that head injury/brain trauma is the number one UNDER diagnosed and UNDER treated problem in the US. (When i was doing a lot of research into head injuries). One good book - you might like - is: Chicken Soup for the Soul for Brain Injured and Their Loved Ones. That book was packed with short, concise, informative stories.

[@rcw198]

Awesome! I sneeze very violently and usually 2 or more times, seldom if ever once. I’ve frequently joked to my wife that my sneezing will be the death of me some day. You’ve convinced me that my joking may be more of the truth than I realized.

[@15halerobert]

When I sneeze I don't just sneeze once, but at least 7 to 8 forceful sneezes. Very annoying and often enough to totally soak a hanky. It suck makes me wish I could have my sinuses removed completely

[@whitestarlinegoodnight]

I once had a bad sinus infection and was forced to stay indoors. I sneeze at sunlight, so when I went outside I gave myself a headache sneezing. I've also had air vent out of my eye sockets when sneezing since that infection.

[@terrafirma5327]

My eyes often "pop" at night as of a year ago. Its just air that was trapped in the tear ducts escaping. Its weird.

[@elainebelzDetroit]

I get air venting out the top of my eye socket when I blow my nose sometimes.

[@mysteriousshadow395]

"I sneeze at sunlight" SAME! It's the ACHOO syndrome :)

[@fleeb]

I have had to deal with allergies most of my life. The worst case of it involved sneezing for a couple of minutes or so straight while trying to work under a beautiful cherry blossom tree while in full bloom. Since I'm so familiar with sneezing, I taught myself to remove much of the air from my lungs and limit how much I take in before sneezing so I don't build up as much pressure. It's still rough, but somewhat less so.

[@terrafirma5327]

I actually have to do the Valsava maneuver partially (it still lets air out), despite powerful sneezes. I have exposed vesicles in my nose that will pop and bleed. Pressure on the exterior of the vesicles prevents them from popping due to lack of room for expansion. So, I still release material but I don't explode my vesicles.

[@Merennulli]

I've certainly had floating stars in my eyes (the bubbles in the tiny veins behind the eyes that look like tiny pinpricks of light that move around after you get hit in the head) and severe neck and shoulder pain from sneezing fairly often, and occasionally middle back pain. I used to do the valsalva when I was younger before being told to break myself of that habit, but despite being worse for you, it actually seemed to prevent the pain and stars. Which I would imagine is from my hand bracing my head from moving too far too fast.

[@finxy3500]

You could brace your head without doing a valsalva.

[@Merennulli]

@@finxy3500 There isn't time for conscious thought in a sneeze. It took time for the adults in school to teach me to "cover your nose" that took the form of valsalva, it took years to break that habit and use the corner of my elbow as the modern recommendation holds, and it took a while to realize that was why it hurts so much when I sneeze now. And bracing doesn't cover the nose without valsalva or worse. So we're just shuffling problems.

[@finxy3500]

@@Merennulli Two handed sneezing manouver 😉. Dunno man, I'll stop pretending to be in a position to give you advice. Just stay healthy.👍

[@Merennulli]

@@finxy3500 Thanks. I'll figure something out. I'm also not alone, I have a coworker with the same problem and we figured out the cause of the pain together, so I am confident we'll figure out a workaround. Hopefully without a broken nose, heh.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I have always ascribed to the idea that if you hold back your sneezes you'll explode. Indeed, some people are so intent on not sneezing that they look like they would explode. What's the point of it? It's not impolite to sneeze, even in high society. So says even Miss Manners. All you need do is excuse yourself and clean up your nose with your lacey handkerchief and accept the many blessings and wishes for your good health. (That's what "Gesundheit" means.)

[@thekaxmax]

look up the origin of the word and its use, it's pretty wild

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

If I feel a sneeze coming on that I really don't want, I'll start by emptying my lungs and refusing to inhale until it passes. That way I'm not going to hurt myself by trapping a lot of air, and if I sneeze anyway, it's a smaller sneeze, since there isn't much air left to push out.

[@CL-go2ji]

This is a WAY better idea than the nose thing!

[@TheTokenBilly]

Both my step dad and myself have collapsed 2 disks in our lower spine by sneezing. Happened about 4 years apart. I ended up with permanent nerve damage. The old man came right after about 6 months. I both our cases we were carrying something weighing between 10-15kgs... The lesson here is to drop everything when you need to sneeze.

[@WaitingxInxSilence]

I sneezed so hard last year that I slipped a disc in my neck and had to visit a chiropractor for a couple months. I went to the ER because my arms weren’t responding properly, but they didn’t do an X-ray and misdiagnosed it as dehydration.

[@beastamer1990s]

Oh god. Ive lost hearing temporarily after sneezing (like, for a minute or less) and had a loud ringing. Scary to think it could've been worse

[@felixrivera895]

Last time I was sick in such a way that I was sneezing, I sneezed so hard, so often, that I ended up having an intense muscle pain shoot up my back and radiate out into my limbs. It was Bad. Thankfully it only happened once but now I'm a touch afraid of intense sneezing .

[@reachtrev69]

I always FELT like people who hold their sneezes in were going to hurt themselves one day; but now I KNOW they will and I can maybe say something to them next time.

[@fuferito]

05:38 Cleanest, most flawless sneeze I've ever seen on high speed, science grade film.

[@crapizio]

Great work as always! And thank you for crediting your video/image/audio sources in the description with links! More people need to do that.

[@jennyjohn704]

Why would anybody want to block their nose when sneezing? The whole point of sneezing is to clear your nose, so blocking your nose will prevent its purpose, as well as being potentially very dangerous.

[@seank5515]

Its crazy how important sneezing must be to the body considering its risks.

[@MikefromTexas1]

Ever since childhood it has honestly BAFFLED me that anyone would ever even think to plug a sneeze.

[@abracadaverous]

A friend was cooking dinner one night when, without warning, she sneezed twice and then dropped to the floor, dead. She had a massive heart attack. I suspect it was the heart attack that triggered the sneezes and not the other way around, but I still think about that a lot. Did you know you can often head off an incipient sneeze by sticking your tongue under your lower lip? You look ridiculous, but it really works. So there's that.

[@xyfufxtxxyf3690]

Surprised they didn't mention joint dislocation. Happened to one of my flatmates in front of me. He sneezed and his shoulder just dislocated. It was so weird that I just laughed for a few seconds before helping him. 😭

[@astralb.2647]

It happens! It's actually pretty common, too. Around 1 in 500-5000 people have a mutation in their collagen that will cause hypermobility, causing joints to be very flexible. In extreme cases, dislocations can occur after minimal trauma, like a sneeze 😂

[@motionless_horizon]

My best friend lost her mom after her large intestine and aorta tore when she sneezed. She had Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and my best friend has it as well. EDS is a connective tissue disorder, and VEDS is the only type (out of 13) that lowers life expectancy. Sneezing and coughing can kill, rupture hollow organs, cause aneurysms, strokes, etc.

[@Malicious2013]

That is absolutely terrifying. Imagine dying to a sneeze.

[@joshuamidgette4846]

I sneeze when leaving air conditioning into outside air most days. Also sneezes sometimes make my stomach rumble before they happen.

[@KristenRowenPliske]

As an RN, I have frequently had to tell patients who have had some sort of surgery on their head (nose, brain, whatever) not to hold in their sneezes because it increases the pressure in their head. I also fuss at my own kids when they hold in their sneezes.

[@IsYitzach]

I had a bad sneezing day the other week. My whole back was sore the next day.

[@joshmnky]

Sci Show is really stepping it up with the visuals.

[@ryanmcintyre3616]

When I was a kid, for whatever reason, I had never learned how to release a sneeze and get that classic "Achoo" sound. Instead, I would just suppress it and hold it. Thankfully, sometime after adolescence, I was able to sneeze normally. Now I only hold it if it's convenient, but after learning about how dangerous it can be, I think I'll be doing less of that from now on.

[@DanielMether]

Never injured myself, but once when I was young I had a sneezing fit after eating an apple way too fast. Turns out that a surprisingly large chunk somehow went up instead of down and I ended up sneezing it out

[@GregFlinter]

Why would somebody plug their nose when sneezing? I really don’t understand how they thought that’s ok.

[@domm6812]

Yep, I've torn a lung with a sneeze in my 20s. I tried to hold the sneeze in so as not to sneeze all over important things around me. Don't hold a sneeze in ...the damage will accumulate.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

Oh, great, something else to worry about. Thanks a lot. My sneezes have increased in severity with age. I just let them fly, loudly, and usually end up vocalizing and tapering it off with some weird imprecation, not recognizable english.

[@LilFeralGangrel]

i had an awful experience where i sneezed while eating noodles the results were uncomfortable and disgusting and i hope it never happens again.

[@GeraldGama]

Half of the time my experiences with sneezing leaves me very concerned; either I’ll hear & feel popping and crackling from the Cervical vertebrae (feels as if it dislocates then goes back into place). Then in rare cases I get an extreme pain in middle of my back which overwhelms me into standing still for a couple of minutes, and that pain will linger for months.

[@astralb.2647]

Do you have a history of connective tissue disease in your family? If so, that might be related. My C-spine and ribs will sublux from sneezing every few days because I have a collagen mutation. This can also happen with arthritis or if you've had a neck/back injury in the past.

[@GeraldGama]

@@astralb.2647 I am not sure what that is but I’ll do some reading about it, so far I’m the one struggling with such a thing in my family as far as I know.

[@Werumo]

Sometimes i get sneezing fits where its not one after the other but they pile on top of each other, like i'm stuck a the "ch" bit of the sneeze for a couple of seconds. It usually happens after feeling the need to sneeze but for some reason the sneeze stops half way, this will happen a couple of times and then finally a sneeze gets through and they all come out at the same time.

[@tammystratford7079]

A sneeze caused me to fall to the floor, worst pain I've ever felt. Turns out, I had a Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis, at 13 weeks pregnant with my youngest daugter. Had a TIA when she was 3.

[@caterscarrots3407]

With my first ever bout of pollen allergies as a teenager(I felt normal inside upon waking up, felt normal outside, I went back inside and I started sneezing), my sneezing was so frequent, I'd cycle between wet sneezes and dry sneezes, it was so much. Nothing happened. No muscle injuries, no eye dislocation, nothing, except maybe a sore throat. And I had ear pressure from the allergy and lots of postnasal drip and even some coughing late into it. Note, I've never valsalva'd a sneeze. And then, to top it off, I had a summer cold right afterwards. I could tell it was a summer cold cause 1) the ear pressure was gone 2) I stopped sneezing so much 3) I was still coughing 4) postnasal drip stopped and 5) the sore throat I already had from sneezing so much got worse. And then within weeks of that, I had a yeast infection. I think the fact that my immune system was so focused on the pollen and then the virus made my yeast start to grow out of control leading to the yeast infection. Thankfully, it was pretty normal after that, until the next spring when I had allergies again. In fact, for a few years, I had yeast infections that seemed to come soon after nasal allergies. But then my allergies got milder and started affecting my eyes more than my nose and I stopped having yearly yeast infections. In fact I haven't had a single yeast infection in at least 5 years.

[@joanhoffman3702]

Let’s face it: the human body is weird. We just live it in. 😂

[@theoriginalJP]

That's actually the first time I've put together these two.... I've always thought it was the high humidity following the spring that caused this.

[@Svensk7119]

Speaking of individual events, which happened to an individual, and saying, "their". What a world.

[@th0m]

Things no one told me when I started my 30's: watch out for rogue sneezes. Noted, I have so much to look forward to

[@darkstarr984]

Highly recommend not sneezing as well as you can help it if you have abdominal staples. It tore some of mine and now I have a weirder scar that took longer to heal than it might’ve.

[@l.i.archer5379]

The weirdest things I've sneezed out were tonsil stones. I learned how to manually remove them myself over 30 years ago.

[@pikamario99]

WHY WOULD ANYONE PLUG THEIR NOSE WHILE THEY SNEEZE I've never heard of these cases before now but even so that sounds like an incredibly bad idea

[@GareginRA]

Imagine explaining your boss that you were off for 2 months because you have sneezed.

[@thekaxmax]

that's one where you give them your doc's number to get it from them.

[@SteamVision]

I never understood plugging your nose when sneezing. I just try to sneeze into my elbow, and that's followed by a small high pitched "ow" most of the time.

[@Big_Un]

Not that I've watch a lot of sneezing videos, LOL but the ones I've seen mainly focus on the air and mucus that leaves the mouth. Granted, I would not want that amount of air coming out my nose, but maybe you could talk about what air DOES exit the nostrils and how that would clear an irritant?

[@DiscordianDisciple27]

I once sneezed while driving, and my left eye saw sparkles and a weird aura for almost 30 seconds...scary especially at 65 miles per hour on the interstate!

[@daniel_rossy_explica]

I used to have a strong allergic reaction to pollen and dust, so when I was little (like 8-9 years old) I tended to sneeze a lot. I've never done the Valsalva Manouver, but I did try to sneeze though my nose, to "blow the mucus out". Of course, this was impossible, and only produced more damage that doing it in the normal way.

[@gwenyffyr]

@daniel_rossy_explica, you have done the Valsalva maneuver if you ever bear down to poop. That's why heart patients are put on stool softeners

[@jacobhuff3748]

Used to have nasty sneezes, thanks a lot Ohio Valley. Still managed to have sneezes so loud that you can hear over motors running at 80-90 decibels, empahasis on the motor. But I've managed sneeze so hard that I gave myself a nosebleed and headache.

[@GelatinCoffee]

Explode my nostrils and make my nose bleed when it's not super humid out, didn't need a video to tell me why sneezing sucks 🙃 Also that first thing sucks, I occasionally have to plug my nose and keep my mouth shut and just try my hardest to blow out my nose. Because a tiny bit of air builds up behind my right eye and starts feeling weird when I blink

[@rowinmarais5238]

Another one to add, I tore cartilage between a vertebra and a rib bone. It resulted in me collapsing as well as a hazy memory of the event.

[@Macgyver46]

I have cracked a rib during a sneezing fit, pulled chest muscles and caused a hemorrhoid. Don't want to count how many times I hit my head while sneezing more then a dozen times. My total sneezes in a single go was 57

[@Lichen8404]

Perfect video to get reccomended while i have an especially sneezy flu.

[@memena420]

the amount of times i’ve hit my head while sneezing is embarrassing

[@mahhk871]

I've dislocated a shoulder from sneezing - there was a preexisting injury, my tendons had been stretched by prior dislocations, but it was still an odd situation!

[@DFSJR1203]

I had a sneezing fit and a couple days later my doctor ordered a x-ray since my neck was hurting. When the x-ray was reviewed it showed the sneeze broke 3 bones in my neck.

[@mhoop1]

If you close your eyes this sounds just like Squirrely Dan telling you a story around the market cart. And that's what we's appreciates abouts yous, SciShow.

[@TheMaximus2111]

#3 is me! But slightly different. In my case, I already had an ear infection, held my nose and sneezed. This caused the ear drum to blow out. But then the perforation "over healed" and skin grew into the middle ear section and enveloped the bones and kinda filled in the area. This is, and its removal, are what caused my hearing loss; called a cholesteotoma, leaving me with total conductive hearing loss on my left side for 25 years until I got the hearing implant (Cochlear Osia 2) last month... first time hearing in stereo since 1997!

[@barbarasmith3755]

Wow!!!! What an ordeal! Isn't it GREAT to hear in stereo again?

[@CL-go2ji]

Congratulations! Also - people, don´t hold your nose closed when you sneeze.

[@laurachristianson1688]

I think sneezing is awesome…it’s obvious one’s body rejecting some bad stuff. Every time I sneeze I think that’s another cold or flu I won’t get, seems to work as I do not seem to suffer from those maladies very often…..

[@CasHasLostIt]

Watching this while sick is a whole other experience lol. Luckily nothing bad has happened to me during my sneezing fits

[@ericshelby8813]

My mom hurt her back while sneezing, likely throwing her upper body forward like when you are in a car crash and not wearing the shoulder strap to your seat belt. This actually happened to her twice, though several years apart.

[@Topo842]

I once lost the sense of balance for what seemed like 2 minutes after a sneeze, everything was spinning and I had to lean on a corner to not fall, I did not perform the maneuver that time cause I had both hands busy so it was a free sneeze. fortunately it never happened again but it was really scary

[@purplecouch4767]

Oh gosh I usually sneeze multiple times every day. I’ve got allergies. I don’t think anything too bad has happened because of it. But when I was younger I felt like my sneezes were so powerful that my entire body would shake for a few seconds.

[@Circuit7Active]

I have explosive sneezes, but make no effort to suppress them. Just don't suppress the sneeze, let it go!!!

[@starlalilymoon]

I'm so glad I stopped doing the Valsalva maneuver. Was warned I think from parents or someone, don't remember the reason but this video reaffirms why that is bad!

[@italucenaz]

It's nice that the cases are like "they exploded their aorta, broke their neck, teared up their ear drum, fractured their eye" and everyone turn out mostly ok, wild

[@katarh]

Regarding the sinuses being above molars: I once went to the dentist with what I thought was an upper abscess. Nope. An X-ray revealed that it was just a really bad sinus infection and the sinus was pressing DOWN on the tooth root from the top.

[@MQuadrucci]

I adore you, Reid!

[@gaijininja]

A simple and effective way to supress a sneeze that is safe is to push back on either side of the bridge of the nose, back and up into the top inner corners of the eye sockets. This presses on a nerve that tricks the brain into thinking there is no irritation in the nose. Within a couple of seconds of pressing, sniff firmly or blow the nose to remove the irritation that is inducing the sneeze reflex. Discovered this trick by accident when I had a broken nose and wasn't allowed to blow or wipe it. Having photic sneeze reflex meant I would sneeze any time I faced light, and the swelling from the injury irritated the nose. Used my knowledge of pressure points to find this trick, and it has been working for 30 years. Mind you, except when driving, I just sneeze when I need to, as the endorphin rush is almost as good as an orgasm without the effort or other person.

[@fishingfan1500]

Is it weird that I sneezed twice while reading the title of this video? I was born with terrible eczema all over my body, I was lucky enough not to get asthma though, but I had horrible hay fever/ sneezing fits as a kid. Normally after breakfast, I'd just sneeze non stop for a few minutes, it used to drive me nuts.

[@gary2638]

Sneezing isn't normal. I never sneeze.

[@luxetoile]

Thanks to the Green brothers I think about this every single time that I sneeze

[@TheMeatballMan420]

Lol, sneezing? I don't even breathe. Step it up sempai

[@Katie-hh9eu]

I was looking for this comment, I will always remember Dr. Neversneezer Scrooge and will always think of him when I (or others) sneeze.

[@Circuit7Active]

Then it is YOU that is not normal

[@thekingwhostitches]

Lol

[@lh3540]

human; lands on moon. also human; breaks face just existing.

[@fegolem]

When I feel a sneeze coming on, I exhale as much air as I can so the convulsion produces the least noise (and snot-rockets) possible.

[@Bingocat4]

Same. People are always confused and ask if that was a sneeze or what