What is a sneeze?!


Question: What is a sneeze!?
Like, I know what it is!.
But WHAT is it exactly!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Your body's natural response to foreign particles in your nasal cavity!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

The medical term for a sneeze is "sternutation" (though I've never heard that term used!), a complex reflex involving nerves in the nose that detect swelling of the nasal membranes, particles of a certain size, or substances to which you are allergic!.

Particularly good stimulators of sternutation are pepper, cold air and dust!. These triggers send messages to the throat, chest and abdomen to contract in a particular sequence to forcefully rid the nasal passage of its contents!. For unknown reasons, perhaps as protection from flying particles, the muscles of the face, including the eyelid muscles that briefly close the eyes, are also in the loop!. The end result is that the offending agents in the nasal passages are forcefully expelled!.

And forceful it is: Particles exiting the nasal passages have been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour!. The contents of the upper airways and mouth also contribute to the expelled materia!. In fact, while dogs and cats (and perhaps other animals) sneeze primarily through their noses, most of the expelled material during a human sneeze departs by way of the mouth!. That's why covering both your mouth and nose when sneezing is important!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

it is a method your body uses to clear out the passages leading to your lungs

hence the 'bunged up' feeling before oneWww@Answer-Health@Com

It's A CHew!Www@Answer-Health@Com

dead skin tickling your nose omigoodness idk!Www@Answer-Health@Com





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