What Happens If You Hold In A Sneeze?

Pinching your nose and clamping your mouth shut to stop a sneeze has torn one man's throat and put a hole in another man's windpipe. Here's what a sneeze actually is, where all that pressure goes, the people who sneeze at the sun, and the girl who sneezed for 976 days. Not medical advice. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Exam 0:37 What Is A Sneeze? 0:49 Inside A Sneeze 1:17 What Sets It Off 1:42 The Sun Sneeze 2:11 Sneeze Myths 2:47 The Sneeze Cloud 3:12 The Sneeze Vote 3:29 Where The Pressure Goes 4:21 Leicester, 2018 5:23 The Driver 6:14 976 Days 7:23 What To Do 8:03 Back To The Exam SOURCES Sneeze (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneeze Man Ruptures His Throat By Stifling A Big Sneeze, Prompting Doctors' Warning (KPBS / NPR): https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jan/16... Doctors warn why you should never stifle your sneeze (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctors-... The Perils of Holding in a Sneeze: A Case of Spontaneous Windpipe Tear (Docquity): https://docquity.com/articles/holding... Man tore his windpipe trying to hold in sneeze (UNILAD): https://www.unilad.com/news/health/ma... Dangers of Holding in a Sneeze (Healthline): https://www.healthline.com/health/hol... Longest sneezing fit (Guinness World Records): https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/... Longest sneezing fit ever lasted over two years (Guinness World Records): https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/... For entertainment and education, not medical advice.