block a sneeze.Doctors warn: Never try toSuppressing a sneeze nearly ruptured this man’s windpipe.Never block a sneeze by pinching your nose and closing your mouth. A 34-year-old man in the UK learned this the hard way after trying to suppress a sneeze-only to end up in the emergency room with a ruptured windpipe.The intense pressure forced air into the soft tissues of his neck and chest, causing a rare but dangerous condition called spontaneous pneumomediastinum, where air escapes from the resp