Sneezing is a protective powerful reflux of our body whenever any irritant or foreign body enters in our respiratory tract through mouth or nose and in this many pond of pressure is generated so if we try to hold it back by pinching our nose and shutting our moth by tightly closing two jaws it may rupture our throat and immediately serious complications or even death may occur. The warning has been meted out after stifling a sneeze left a 34-year-old man with a painful, ruptured throat.

The patient's symptoms were initially surprising for the team of emergency care doctors (which included those of Indian origin) at the University Hospitals of Leicester in the UK since spontaneous rupture of the back of the throat is rare, and usually caused by trauma, or sometimes by vomiting, retching or heavy coughing. The young man had developed a popping sensation in his neck which immediately…