A man pinched his nose and closed his mouth to stifle a sneeze, which can increase the pressure in the upper airways by up to 20 times Getty Doctors are warning people not to hold back their sneezes ...

Here’s a scary lesson about why you shouldn’t hold in your sneezes. In a case report this month, doctors in the UK describe a man in his 30s who tore open his windpipe by holding his nose and mouth ...