Is it bad to hold in your sneeze?

Have you ever held in your sneeze?

Did you know a sneeze is so powerful it can change the rhythm of your heart. This happens because the pressure in your chest changes and alters your blood flow.

So imagine keeping that powerful force inside you every time you need to sneeze. According to livescience.com holding in a sneeze may lead to several unhealthy situations such as:

cause injury to the diaphragm
break a blood vessel in the white of the eye, causing bruising of the white part around the iris
force air up the Eustachian tubes in your ears and cause a ruptured ear drum or an injury to the inner ear that could lead to vertigo or hearing loss
weaken a blood vessel in the brain and cause it to rupture due to the momentary elevation of blood pressure

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