(CBS4) - If you ever tried to be extra polite by stifling a sneeze, think twice -- quickly. You could do some serious damage to your nose, throat or ears trying to stuff that sneeze. The case that's ...

Feel a sneeze coming on? Doctors are telling people to just let it all out. A 34-year-old man found out the dangers of stifling a sneeze when he ruptured his throat after pinching his nose and ...

If you’ve been guilty of holding in a sneeze, this warning is for achoo. A man in his 30s who had a history of allergies tore his windpipe after trying to hold in his sneeze, according to a case ...

March 2, 2007 — -- Last month, Brooke Owens of Asheville, N.C., began sneezing. And she continued to sneeze nonstop for three weeks straight. In what her doctors have dubbed a "medical mystery," ...

A new medical study is nothing to sneeze at, but may convince you to go ahead and sneeze. One 34-year-old man ruptured his throat by closing his mouth and pinching his nose when the urge to sneeze ...

A young man with a history of allergies suffered a serious tear in his windpipe after attempting to 'hold in' a sneeze. British doctors, who reported the case in the British Medical Journal, said it ...

The changing weather brings about many things: holiday excitement, a different wardrobe and—perhaps most annoyingly—cold and flu season. Those around you have likely been sneezing more frequently, ...

When I sneeze, everyone knows about it. The resulting shockwave wobbles windows, awakens sleeping animals, and sets nearby humans on edge. My partner, who sneezes like a vole hiccuping, insists I do ...

Next time you feel the need to sneeze this flu season, make sure you don't hold it back. A peculiar case of a sniffle-gone-wrong has highlighted the dangers of stifling a sneeze. Holding back the urge ...

Here's some incentive to cover your mouth the next time you sneeze: New high-speed videos captured by MIT researchers show that as a person sneezes, they launch a sheet of fluid that balloons, then ...