WHAT do you think triggered someone's bowels to burst inside their body? A stabbing perhaps? Or a horrible road-crushing accident? You probably couldn't even begin to imagine something as seemingly harmless as a sneeze could have caused such a horrific injury. But that’s exactly what happened to a man in the US. The 63-year-old, from Florida , recently underwent abdominal surgery and doctors claimed his incision had healed well.
But when he was at a diner having breakfast with his wife, he noticed a "wet" sensation followed by a sharp pain. He then lifted his shirt and saw several inches of his bowel hanging out of his stomach. Paramedics quickly arrived on the scene and witnessed a three-inch opening with "large amounts of bowel" protruding through it.
He was rushed to the hospital, where surgeons successfully returned his bowel to his abdomen - but this all happened as a result of a sneeze. A sneeze is a protective reflex made by your body to get rid of potentially harmful things – such as dust, bacteria and viruses - from your nose. And it can be pretty powerful, expelling tens of thousands of droplets at up to 100 miles per hour, according to the American Lung Association (ALA).
But with such great power, comes great risk. For instance, there have been horrific instances of violent sneezing causing the lungs to pop out between the ribs . But this usually only happens to those who are morbidly obese, smoke or have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or diabetes.
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