Man blows hole in his throat by holding a sneeze

January 16, 2018 11:56

If you are about to sneeze -- even if you are in a quiet place -- doctors would advise you to let it rip.

A 34-year-old unnamed man in Britain learned that lesson the hard way and had to spend two weeks in the hospital due to his resulting injury.

That's according to a case report with the cringe-inducing title "Snap, crackle and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck." The report was published Monday in the medical journal BMJ Case Reports.

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