I sneeze really loudly and powerful and often I can’t control it. What makes it worse is, its often sprays a lot of saliva as well. I’m safe most of the time if I can get to my handkerchief or tissue in time. But there are times I have no other option but to let it out. Has anyone found a way to tame it and make it milder or easier to control.

  • Maxnmy's
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    537 months ago

    Breathe out before the sneeze. It will be much less powerful when you aren’t squeezing your maximum lung capacity out through your nose and mouth.

    • @xi00@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Thats a real pro tip right here Been doing it like that for years and I am a full time allergician

    • @ccunning@lemmy.world
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      177 months ago

      That’s interesting. Never heard of this before. Gonna see if I’m actually able to next time I need to sneeze. I almost feel like the deep inhale before a sneeze is involuntary but we’ll see…

    • alphacyberrangerOP
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      7 months ago

      Makes sense. Gonna try this the next time…

      Edit : Just sneezed. There’s a problem. Just as I’m about to sneeze I breath in. I’ll need to use a lot of force in a short time to exhale any air. Am I doing it wrong?

      • @techt@lemmy.world
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        37 months ago

        I don’t exhale, rather I just close off my airway to stop the big inhale. It sounds super uncomfortable to try exhaling at that point, but with some practice I have been able to stop the inhale and that mutes the sneeze considerably. Also, I can plug my nose when I feel it start to tickle and stop the sneeze entirely.