There’s a theory that if you sneeze six or seven times in a row, the sensation can be like a mild orgasm. Hypothesized parasympathetic summation as a trigger for sneezing. Image: JRSM 2008. It’s the wrong way around, but still suggests a connection between the two.

The longest sneezing fit ever recorded is that of Donna Griffiths (UK, b. 1969) who started sneezing on 13 January 1981 and surpassed the previous duration record of 194 days on 26 July 1981.

Multiple Sneezes: What Does It Mean? Sneezing more than once is very normal. Sometimes it just takes more for you to clear an irritant from your nose. One study found that about 95% of people sneeze about four times a day.

‘Allergy sneezes tend to be repetitive — as many as ten in a row, and it’s really hard to stop yourself,’ explains allergy specialist pharmacist Stephen Foster. …

Rather than sneezing once or twice, some people do so again and again. My partner often sneezes 20 or 30 times in succession. Is this common, and is there any explanation? There is a little-known condition called photic sneeze reflex, or autosomal compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst (ACHOO) syndrome.

While we haven’t come across reported deaths of people dying by holding in their sneezes, technically it’s not impossible to die from holding in a sneeze. Some injuries from holding in a sneeze can be very serious, such as ruptured brain aneurysms, ruptured throat, and collapsed lungs.

As for the mega-sneezer—that person in your office who always seems to sneeze 15 times in a row—it may mean his or her sneezes just don’t pack the same punch as yours. It’s a genetic condition called a photic sneeze reflex, and its mechanisms aren’t very well understood.

The reality: That is not true, said Dr. Richard Koller, a Bend neurologist. A sneeze does increase the pressure inside the skull a little bit, he said.

“If the sneeze is held in by pinching the nose or holding the mouth closed, this pressurized air is forced back through the Eustachian tube and into the middle ear cavity.” The risk of a hearing loss injury due to holding a sneeze is low.

“The goal is to expel the irritant from the nasal cavity,” said Moss, so it’s important to sneeze at least partly out of your nose. However, because the nasal cavity isn’t big enough alone to handle the release of such a large volume of air, some of the sneeze pretty much has to go out your mouth.

Your body is built to keep your baby very safe. Sneezing cannot hurt your baby. Sneezing doesn’t pose any risks to your baby at any stage of a pregnancy.

Summary: Pinching your nose while clamping your mouth shut to contain a forceful sneeze isn’t a good idea, warn doctors. Pinching your nose while clamping your mouth shut to contain a forceful sneeze isn’t a good idea, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

In China, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, for instance, there is a superstition that if talking behind someone’s back causes the person being talked about to sneeze; as such, the sneezer can tell if something good is being said (one sneeze), someone is thinking about you (two sneezes in a row), even if someone is in …

Pinch your nose. Continue to pinch for 10 to 15 minutes. Pinching sends pressure to the bleeding point on the nasal septum and often stops the flow of blood.

Why do people say, “God bless you,” after someone sneezes? One of the symptoms of the plague was coughing and sneezing, and it is believed that Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) suggested saying “God bless you” after a person sneezed in hopes that this prayer would protect them from an otherwise certain death.

A violent sneeze can strain your chest muscles. And if your back muscles aren’t ready for a sudden sneeze, the unexpected tensing of these muscles and awkward movement during a sneeze can cause a spasm — an involuntary and often painful contraction of one or more muscles.