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    Health warning as man tears a hole in his throat after making terrible mistake mid-sneeze
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    Health warning as man tears a hole in his throat after making terrible mistake mid-sneeze

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    1. Jonography on

      “Health Warning”. I mean, millions of people around the world have been sneezing every day since the dawn of time and this is the first known case of its kind. I think we’re fine.

    2. boomerangchampion on

      >Medics stress the importance of never trying to stifle a sneeze after the Scottish man in his 30s pinched his nose and closed his mouth while driving. The pressure from the sneeze was so great it tore a 0.08-inch hole in his windpipe and he had to rush to hospital.

      Saved you a click

    3. masterblaster0 on

      Why would they write 0.08 inch, who can visualise that?

      Just say it was a 2mm hole or a hole slightly larger than 1/16th of an inch for the old imperialists.

    4. intangible-tangerine on

      Knew someone who broke their rib trying to hold in a sneeze.

      If you don’t have tissues just sneeze in to your elbow and wash your arm afterwards

    5. propernorty on

      I can’t believe the human race has just been going around randomly sneezing without this critical warning for so long.

    6. fitcheckwhattheheck on

      I sneezed like this my whole life until my friend told me to stop doing it.

    7. Saeward on

      Is this about me? I did the exact same thing yesterday – clearly not as bad as this guy, but I had my baby on my lap and didn’t have a hand free, didn’t want to sneeze into his face so stopped myself sneezing and my voice has completely gone today and it hurts every time I swallow.

    9. ShinyGrezz on

      Press your finger hard on your top lip. Stops the sneeze from properly forming, and you stifle it without turning your throat into an air cannon. You’re welcome.

    10. weirdhoney216 on

      I don’t even know how people can sneeze like that. I’ve tried, and I can’t. It’s sounding like a 24 stone man who smokes 40 a day or nothing for me

    11. remedy4cure on

      FYI if you ever want to sneeze but it tries to edge you, look up into bright light

    12. Alternative_Plum_380 on

      Pretty sure one of the reasons the eustachian tube (the one connecting your throat and inner ear) exists is for this reason. Ear drums might rupture but they’d give out long before the the wall of the larynx.

    13. ThatBlokeYouKnow on

      Great I’m going to be shitting it when I have one them sneezes that never comes and you end up just pulling faces at the light.