Is it bad to hold in your sneeze?

Springtime is here and you know what that means..uncontrollable sneezing!

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 eardrum 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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