[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 : 38 points
Date : 2024-09-06 16:23 UTC (1 days 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.
| LoganDark wrote:
| Presenting to the emergency room...
| stuckkeys wrote:
| lol. Can related. The pain was shielded by the laughs I had
| after.
| effdee wrote:
| A sneeze-hickup combo is also _very_ painful.
| 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.
| throwaway742 wrote:
| Then you get snot on your shirt sleeve.
| vasco wrote:
| That's the point, instead of everywhere.
| tetris11 wrote:
| Despite Hideo Kojima's best efforts for realism, Solid
| Snake never developed a hacking cough
| rjh29 wrote:
| Does that apply to the bowels too? The body isn't that
| smart...
| williamdclt wrote:
| I mean, yeah? I don't really see a situation where it's
| better to ignore your bowels wanting to push something out?
| 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.
| iwontberude wrote:
| One time I spent a lot of time in the shower and lost feeling
| in my skin for over a year. I don't think it ever came back
| fully to be honest. Just be careful to not fall asleep in a
| shower.
| throwawayffffas wrote:
| Nose vs throat...
| amelius wrote:
| The sneeze neurons of some people are also activated when: eating
| peppermint, eating dark chocolate, and looking into bright light.
|
| https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/what-d...
| odysseus wrote:
| Looking into bright light and getting triggered for sneezing is
| called the photic sneeze reflex.
|
| I'm one of the 18% (?) of the population with it, and it is
| hereditary.
|
| I actually kind of like it, as if I need to sneeze all I need
| to do is look at a bright light.
| wruza wrote:
| Is it relative brightness or absolute?
| tetris11 wrote:
| specifically sky, a bright screen won't trigger it
| tomek_ycomb wrote:
| It definitively works with bright lights, but intensity
| seems important (maybe also spectrum.) I find only a
| light that would hurt to stare at works
| williamdclt wrote:
| I use a friend as a test to know if chocolate is >85% cocoa as
| it makes him sneeze (the occasion doesn't present itself very
| often I'll admit). I think I have the sun one, but it's pretty
| occasional
| klyrs wrote:
| Fun fact: the tissue in the nose is just like that found in the
| penis and clitoris. When I get that feeling that I need to
| sneeze, a light stimulation of the tip of my nose with a
| fingernail is all it takes to guarantee satisfaction.
| odysseus wrote:
| Has there been any studies on whether it's better to hold in
| sneezes (partially or fully) or let them fully out? I prefer
| letting it all out and it's kind of messy but probably healthier.
| My wife kind of keeps half of it in.
| tharkun__ wrote:
| Letting it all out just feels soooo good. Whenever I can, I do.
| Like if I'm out in the garden by myself: no holding back. Lean
| into it. So good!
|
| The "holding your nose closed" some people do is actively bad.
| You can blow up blood vessels that way. Not good if its the
| wrong one.
|
| Rubbing the nostrils if you are in a situation where you don't
| want to sneeze works wonders in just: not sneezing at all. It
| just goes away in 99% of the cases in my experience. And if
| you're too late you can still sneeze into your elbow.
|
| Which still let's a lot of droplets fly everywhere. Gotta find
| that super slow motion camera video showing all the droplets.
| When you sneeze, even into an elbow, do it such that whatever
| inevitably makes it past the elbow goes down towards the floor
| instead of up and into the room at least.
| rjh29 wrote:
| I can hold a sneeze without using my hands. I don't know if
| it's harmful though.
| tharkun__ wrote:
| Anything that dissipates the pressure you are creating
| "inside" is potentially harmful.
|
| Compare how it feels. Holding it in, which I have done too,
| you feel the pressure in your head. It has to go somewhere.
|
| Out the front is definitely safest for you.
| odysseus wrote:
| Thanks, didn't know about the rubbing your nostrils trick.
| Though sometimes I want to sneeze to get whatever triggered
| it out.
| odysseus wrote:
| My wife just read this thinking (at first) you were talking
| about flatulence.
|
| We had a good laugh.
| sph wrote:
| AFAIK holding a sneeze (i.e. sneezing without letting it out)
| is not that great for your circulatory system. You risk popping
| a vein or something.
|
| Either you manage to stop the urge, or let it out, possibly by
| sneezing in your elbow or a tissue rather than in open air.
| eddd-ddde wrote:
| I can pretty consistently stop my sneezes. Never hold them
| tho. I like to see it as training for the one time I have to
| hide from a killer and I feel the urge to sneeze.
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