Users of Social Media are terrified to sneeze, after a video showed how a woman was left paralyzed from the involuntary reflex.
A sneezing is the natural defense of the body against everything that irritates the nose and can be activated by everything of germs, allergens and even sudden exposure to bright light.
But in extreme cases, the daily phenomenon can do more harm than good.
The simulation clip, posted on X (formerly Twitter), has so far been viewed more than 331,000 times, making viewers afraid of ever sneezing again ‘.
The video, made by Zack D films, is intended to give a visual explanation about how a lawyer spent almost a year paralyzed after she had torn a disc in her back by sneezing.
“While they sneeze, it tore a disk in her spine, and when it collapsed, a nerve got caught between her two vertebrae,” says the voice -over.
“Suddenly she couldn’t move and although she had three separate operations, she still suffered extreme pain.”
The woman in question is Victoria Kenny, who suffered the extremely rare complication in 2007, after a sniff had slid into her spine, catching her hip nerve between two vertebrae.
The simulation has become viral on X (formerly Twitter), where viewers have comments that they too are now terrified of sneezing
She said: ‘When I sneeze, I felt a burning pain over my back.
“I didn’t understand what happened. I could not stand or move my limbs. It was frightening. My first fear was that I was paralyzed, “she added.
The video Furthermore: “She was bedridden for the next two years and needed painkillers so strongly that she would hallucinate.”
The mother of three remembered that the morphine she was prescribed to manage the pain was so strong that she ‘literally saw people before melting [her]. ‘
The pain was probably caused by a condition known as sciatica, which occurs when the hip nerve – which runs from the lower back to the feet – is irritated or compressed.
This can be caused by a sliding disc when the soft cushion of tissue between the bones in the spine pushes outside.
Despite three operations on her spine, however, doctors could not solve the problem, making Mrs. Kenny bed army.
‘I am in that kind of pain day after day, I finally came to that I just didn’t want to live. The pain took over each part of my life, “she said.
Victoria Kenny Niezen while watching TV and sustained an injury that was almost bedridden for the best part of two years
Doctors in a private clinic called SpineWorks have inserted a plastic cage in Mrs. Kenny’s vertofol
But after they had gone private, surgeons put a hollow plastic cage that contained a bone transplant in its spine to prevent the vertebrae from rubbing each other and the disk collapses again.
Within a week after the operation, Mrs. Kenny was up and walked and shortly thereafter she returned to work.
“The relief was immediately after the operation and I was fired from the hospital the next day,” she remembered.
However, she is still ‘terrified of sneezing’ and squeezes her nose every time she feels a sneeze coming up.
In response to the simulation, viewers shared similar concerns, where a user said: ‘Now I have another reason to worry about my mother’s sneezing. She almost calls it. ‘
Another user commented on the video: “New fear unlocked.”
According to expertsSniezen is a protective reflex, in which air is removed by the lungs through the nose and mouth – usually caused by irritating substances.
Although inevitable, and a common response to environmental stressors, such as dust and pollen, sneezing can cause a series of frightening and horrible injuries.
Ian Applegate, from Santa Cruz, was in the car when he suffered a sneezing attack that tore in his neck due to the inner lining of an artery, which resulted in a stroke.
According to Professor Adam Taylor, an anatomy expert from Lancaster University, a sneeze is powerful enough to break ribs, barren lungs and even to tear delicate brain tissue.
This is shortly after a fit and healthy young father almost died after sneezing so hard that he led him to have a stroke.
Ian Applegate, 35, was in the car with his wife Jennifer and their four -year -old son Jon when he suffered a series of explosive sneezing.
After the third sneezing, the young father experienced a sudden blinding headache and dizziness, followed by pins and needles on his left.
Without the knowledge of him, the ‘violent’ nies attack was torn by the inner lining of an artery in his neck – a condition known as a vertebral artery dissection (VAD).
This tear then caused a blood clot that developed that life -giving oxygen to its brain, which activated the stroke.
The 35-year-old was rushed to the hospital where doctors give him blood heating medication known as anticoagulants-to prevent further blood clots.
He is now undergoing rehabilitation therapy to help describe his muscles after the stroke could not swallow him.
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