[HN Gopher] Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash
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       Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash
        
       Author : gnabgib
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-09-06 16:23 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | tabtab wrote:
       | Once I coughed, sneezed, and farted at the same time. Very
       | painful.
        
         | IncreasePosts wrote:
         | In 12th grade physics class, a kid - J.B. - walked into the
         | room at the start of the class, silently held up his finger,
         | and then simultaneously sneezed, farted, and burped at the same
         | time. The 10 kids who were there already and the teacher gave
         | him a round of applause.
        
         | stuckkeys wrote:
         | lol. Can related. The pain was shielded by the laughs I had
         | after.
        
       | quectophoton wrote:
       | > 'sneeze neurons' in the nasal passages relay sneeze signals to
       | the brain
       | 
       | Not sure if related, but I found that pinching my nose often
       | aborts an incoming sneeze.
        
         | iamjackg wrote:
         | Tickling the roof of your mouth with your tongue also seems to
         | stop incoming sneezes for a lot of people.
        
         | vasco wrote:
         | If your body says you should sneeze why do you think you know
         | better? You probably have something to push out, no?
        
           | adaml_623 wrote:
           | In a crowd. Holding a sleeping baby. Sneaking past a security
           | guard....
        
             | jrootabega wrote:
             | Mouth full of partially chewed carrot...
        
             | vasco wrote:
             | You always must sneeze into your chelidon / reverse elbow
             | so the crowd one I disagree. The other two you got me
             | there.
        
       | smusamashah wrote:
       | I can sometimes convert a cough to sneeze by blowing it out of
       | nose instead.
        
       | aklein wrote:
       | Speaking as someone with a current viral respiratory infection of
       | some kind that was just prescribed Benzonatate and Albuterol,
       | there needs to be a much more effective treatment for a bad dry
       | cough. It's pure misery.
        
         | e1gen-v wrote:
         | i sometimes get really bad bouts of chronic bronchitis for 3
         | weeks on end. There's no silver bullet but I really like Vic's
         | vapor rub, a humidifier, and ricola cough drops. To sleep, I
         | usually stack 2/3 pillows so my nose drains properly. When I
         | wake up in the middle of the night hacking, I sit in the shower
         | with a ton of steam.
        
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