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By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
March 16, 2018 9:23pm CST
Happy Saturday to all of us! I hope you had a sound sleep, or for those at the other side of the globe, I hope you will also have a restful Friday night.
This is a sort-of continuation of my discussion about sneezing.
Yesterday, the only thorn among the roses of 4 students I had for the week, had nasal congestion that he would always inhale deeply so his watery nasal discharges won’t come out. He often wanted to sneeze too. He, and the rest of us, is using a face mask.
He tried all possible means to resolve his ‘impending sneeze’ but to no avail. He twisted a corner of his handkerchief and inserted the pointed edge in one of his nares. Sneeze did not continue. I gave him a piece of my advice, to look up directly to the sun so his sneezing reflex will be resolved. He did, and he sneezed loud, about 3 times. Then he thanked me.
This style of inducing the sneeze was taught by my mother.
How about you, my fellow lotters? How do you induce your sneezing?
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6 responses
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
no, it does not reduce the sneezing but it induces the sneeze.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
17 Mar 18
It makes you sneeze, so you can get it over with instead of just waiting for the sneeze to come.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
@spiderdust the sun's light stimulates our sneezing reflex
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
I do something similar to what your student did except I use tissue paper.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
so, you will stimulate the inside of your nostril by rolling the tissue and then... sneeze comes out. i sometimes do that but i prefer looking up to the sun.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
won't you have headache if you blow your nose when you want to sneeze? have you experienced the pain from the inside of your nose and going up to your frontal part of your heart, due to interrupted sneeze?-
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
really, your sneeze does not come out? oh, not for me. when i look up, my sneezing continues and it comes out so loud.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
yes, i hope you try it. look up and stare near where the sun is. you can use your sunglasses. hahaha! sneezing comes in a split second.
@just4him (305251)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Mar 18
@ridingbet I have experienced that many times.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
yes you can induce sneezing. have you experienced wanting to sneeze and it does not come out of continue? it gives me a headache if my sneeze does not come out.
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