A man whose throat has bursted with a sneeze is reported

byquinn norton

A male case that I felt something felt in the back when I tried to suppress sneezing, and then became impossible to talk or swallow foods was reported.

Snap, crackle and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck - Yang et al. 2018 - BMJ Case Reports
http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2016-218906.full

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This case was posted on the online posting database "BMJ Case Reports" developed for case reporting. According to a doctor 's report, a 34 - year - old man living in the UK felt something started around the neck when he pinched his nose to hold down sneeze. After that, the man's throat swelled up and after a few days it was no longer possible to speak or to swallow food, so the man visited the ER (emergency room).

CAT scanAs a result, it turned out that the throat was torn because male sneeze was intense. During the examination, the man seems to have felt that the air is leaking under the skin at the back of the throat, above the chest. Doctors administer antibiotics to patients to prevent bacterial infection and men continued to eat in the tubes, and as a result, it seems that men were able to leave the hospital one week later.

This is a scanned image. The state indicated by the black arrow shows that the air enters behind the pharynx, the white arrow shows emphysema from the anterior neck toward the trachea.


Sneezing is said to be 60 to 67 meters per second, and a great force works. It is rare in this case that the throat tears, but in some cases it may be possible to rupture the tympanic membrane, and rarely air accumulates in both lungsCerebral aneurysm (duodenum)The rupture ofInvited exampleHe says there is also.

Doctors and others warned, "If you feel that you are going to sneeze, please do not pinch your nose, open your mouth and put sneeze out as a cough."

byTina Franklin