NATIONWIDE -- If you try to hold your sneezes in, doctors say you should stop.

A new report in the BMJ Case Reports medical journal highlighted the case of a 34-year-old man who held his sneeze in and was injured.

The force of the sneeze sent air and matter crashing to the back of his throat.

He didn't need surgery, but was hospitalized for two weeks.

Sneezes can produce pressurized air that can explode at speeds up to 100 miles an hour. 

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