If your one of those few people who have a habit of sneezing forcefully, better think twice before doing it again.
Forcing yourself to sneeze isn’t a great idea. That extra pressure you’re doing is put elsewhere.
Take the case of this woman whose eye swelled to the size of a golf ball after she blew her nose too forcefully.
The 32-year-old woman, who remains unnamed, arrived at the emergency department of Leicester Royal Infirmary University Hospital.
She told doctors she had ‘forcefully’ blown her nose four hours earlier. The swelling got progressively worse and was slightly painful.
After ruling out a fever, sinusitis, and physical injury – the woman had not suffered a blow to the nose, face or head – doctors performed a series of tests.
These revealed she had ‘orbital emphysema’, a swelling that occurs when air is forced into the soft tissues around the eye.
In severe cases, the condition can cause blindness, as pressure can build up in the eye, triggering a loss of blood to the optic nerve.
Scans revealed she also had a fracture in the bone in her nose – although the patient was unable to recall an even that might have caused it.
Doctors said it was not clear whether her broken nose bone was as a result of blowing her nose forcefully or an incidental finding.
However they were surprised by cause of her swelling, as orbital emphysema is only usually seen in patients who have suffered a blow to the face.
As tests showed the woman’s vision was not affected and her optic nerve was not being compressed, she was treated with antibiotics.
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Hunyo 16, 2021
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