Is it unhealthy to hold in a sneeze?

Answer:
Stifling a sneeze isn't a great idea. Sneezes serve a purpose: they expel things from your nose that the body would rather not hang onto, like dust, infected mucus, or pollen. Plus, sneezes pack a serious punch 鈥?particles expelled from the mouth during a sneeze have been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour! If you don't allow the pressure from a sneeze to come out of your nose and mouth like it's designed to, then that extra pressure is put elsewhere. You could potentially burst a blood vessel, fracture your nose, force air under your skin, or damage your sinuses or middle ear. You could also force infectious particles deep into the sinuses, spreading an infection.

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not unhealthy per se but you can blow an ear drum or pop a blood vessel. best to let 'em go!

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yes, because instead of blowing out all the germs, your stuffing it back in your nose

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Yep! you might blow your brains out. snarkle! snarkle!

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yeah it comes out your ears

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you could blow our your ear drum

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Yes - let it out - your head might explode!

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Yes, I know someone who is deaf in one ear mostly because they held in their sneezes

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its impossible

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Yes if it's a big one you could blow out your eardrum and never be able to hear again. My dad did that.

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Yeah i think it is

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if you do it all the time than it can be but not if you do it once in a while.

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yes.You actually kill brain cells when you hold in a sneeze.It is said it takes time off your life after alot of sneezes.

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i think so but whats weird is that your eyes close everytime you sneeze. and yah its not good to keep ur sneeze in.

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Yes.I heard that if you don't let it out the top end, and sneeze, they can come out the bottom end later ..as FARTS !

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You could create blockage of the eustachion tubes in your ears and possibly an infection later from that. I dont know that any of this would kill anyone, but I'd just let her rip into a handkerchief and be done with it.
I've seen too many people try to hold one back and end up spraying snot all over.

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I knew a girl who held in her sneeze and blew a disk in her back, resulting in extensive pain and medical treatment. You've heard how sneezes can reach speeds of 70 m/s (250 km/h or 155 MPH) A sneeze is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. If the air is at that speed, it must be under a lot of pressure and holding on to that pressure would direct it somewhere else in the body. Sneezes are to expel disease. Without them, the body would retain more bacterias.

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