6 Strange Dangers of Blowing Your Nose Too Hard

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January 19, 2022 | Blog

Suffering from a cold is inconvenient, even at the best of times. And having to blow your nose constantly to clear nasal congestion isn’t pleasant either. However, you must be careful. Blowing your nose too hard can lead to some unpleasant consequences.

Find out what the worst outcomes of a hard nose blow can do. Some of these consequences might have you thinking twice before reaching for that tissue box. 

1. Blowing Nose Too Hard Leads to Nosebleeds

When you’re already suffering from a stuffy nose, the last thing you want to do is make the problem worse with a nosebleed. Unfortunately, blowing your nose too hard can lead to this exact situation.

Blowing your nose leads to a much greater pressure buildup, often up to ten times greater than that of a sneeze.

As a result, the blood vessels in your mucous membrane can burst and leave you dripping blood.

Apart from being annoying, nosebleeds also make your breathing troubles worse. It’s best to avoid blowing your nose too hard for this reason. 

2. Ear and Sinus Infections

Did you know that your ears, nose, and throat are all part of the same system?

Thanks to this connection, blowing your nose too hard can create problems in your ear and throat as well.If your stuffy nose is the result of a viral or bacterial infection, you might spread these germs around when blowing your nose. The germs can work their way into your throat or inner ear, resulting in a more severe issue than the common cold.

They can also work their way back into your sinuses.  If you have a stuffy nose and start to experience the symptoms of these infections, you should seek medical attention before it worsens. Talk to a doctor to treat your infection. 

3. Eardrum Ruptures

In addition to spreading a potential infection to your inner ear, you also run the risk of rupturing your eardrum when you blow your nose too hard. While this is uncommon, it is possible because the ear and nose connect via the Eustachian tube.

If your nose is mostly blocked and you blow too hard, you run the risk of building up pressure in the Eustachian tube. With enough pressure from the blow, it could lead to a painful hole in the eardrum.

4. Brain Aneurysm

Studies done by the American Heart Association have found that blowing your nose too hard can even lead to some serious cardiovascular risks.

This action could potentially trigger an aneurysm in the brain and lead to a stroke.

A brain aneurysm is a result of a temporary increase in blood pressure that can accompany forceful blowing.

5. Fractured Eye Sockets

If your blow build up enough pressure, you can even fracture the base of your eye sockets.

Apart from being extremely painful, this also takes a long time to heal. Generally, the recovery for fractured eye sockets takes three to four weeks.

6. Air Pushed Into Your Lungs

While it may seem like a good thing to have air in your lungs, blowing the nose too hard can result in the air showing up in places that it doesn’t belong.

If pressure rises in your lungs, your air sacs (alveoli) can rupture and allow air to enter the tissue between the lobes of the lung.

While this is rare, if it does happen, it comes with considerable chest pain. Overall, this condition isn’t dangerous, but talking to a doctor is always useful. 

What to Do Instead of Blowing Your Nose Too Hard

If you’re suffering from a stuffy nose and want some relief, there are other options besides blowing so hard. You can try a gentle blow with one nostril at a time.

Keep in mind that a more intense blow, even with just one nostril, can lead to unpleasant side effects like nosebleeds or even aneurysms.

An alternative is to use a saline nose spray to loosen up mucus.

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What Is It, Symptoms, Causes, and More

Pleurisy (also called pleuritis) is an inflammation of the pleura, which is the tissue that protects and cushions the lungs. It can present with pleuritic pain and may be caused by different types of inflammation or infection.

When a person has pleurisy, a doctor will look for the underlying cause of the inflammation. In some cases, a person can also develop pleural effusion, which is when fluid gets into the space between the pleura.

The chief symptom associated with pleurisy is a sharp, stabbing pain when you breathe. This pain might go away when you hold your breath or put pressure on the painful area.

However, the pain will often get worse when you sneeze, cough, or move. Fever, chills, and loss of appetite are also possible symptoms, depending on the condition that’s causing the pleurisy.

You may experience pleurisy with:

• pain on one side of your chest
• pain in your shoulders and back
• shallow breathing to avoid feeling pain

When pleurisy is accompanied by pleural effusion, the fluid buildup will put pressure on the lungs and cause them to stop working properly. You may eventually experience shortness of breath as the fluid increases. You may also experience fever, chills, or dry cough. These symptoms can indicate an infection in the fluid called an empyema.

A variety of conditions can cause pleuritic inflammation and pain, though the most common causes are tuberculosis and other bacterial infections.

Other causes include:

• cancerous tumors such as mesothelioma, pleural lymphoma, angiosarcoma of the pleura, pleuropulmonary blastoma, and synovial sarcoma
• trauma to the chest
• thoracic endometriosis
• rheumatoid arthritis
• pneumothorax
• aortic dissection
• pneumonia
• acute pericarditis
• viruses such as influenza, mumps, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, coxsackieviruses, and respiratory syncytial virus
• familial Mediterranean fever
• pulmonary embolism
• lupus

If you have pleural effusion, you may need to have a thoracentesis, which is a procedure that removes fluid, blood, or air from the pleural space with a needle. The doctor can send the fluid for analysis to help identify the underlying cause.

If you’re only experiencing pleuritic pain without an indication for effusion, your doctor will conduct a physical exam and may send you to undergo other types of testing to determine the underlying cause of your symptoms. The doctor will try to rule out life threatening conditions before moving on to less serious potential causes.

Depending on the suspected cause, your diagnosis process may include:

• Chest X-ray. Chest X-rays will allow your doctor to see if there’s any inflammation in your lungs, fluid indicative of effusion, or causes such as an injury, a tumor, or pneumonia.
• Blood tests. Blood tests can help your doctor diagnose causes such as bacterial or viral infection, rheumatic fever, lupus, or pulmonary embolism.
• CT and MRI scans. A CT or MRI scan can also show fluid in the lungs indicative of effusion or help identify causes such as pneumonia, a tumor, or a lung abscess.
• Ultrasound. If a doctor suspects that in addition to pleuritic pain you have pleural effusion, they can do an ultrasound to see where the fluid is located in your chest.
• Arterial blood gas test. This test can help the doctor determine whether there is a problem in your lungs by measuring how well your lungs absorb oxygen and blow off carbon dioxide.

Treatment complications depend on the specific treatment and the underlying cause of pleurisy. Once you have a specific diagnosis, check with your doctor regarding your planned course of treatment and any potential side effects.

If you are planning to undergo a thoracentesis, ask if the technician plans to use an ultrasound to guide them during the procedure. If not, then you’re more at risk for some pain following the procedure, as they have a greater chance of nicking your tissue along the way.

This also means you may be more at risk for bleeding in your lungs, a pneumothorax, a hemothorax, or pulmonary edema after the procedure.

Since so many different conditions can cause pleurisy, the best prevention strategy involves closely monitoring your health and undergoing timely checkups.

This means going to the doctor early if you experience respiratory symptoms to rule out a bacterial infection in your lungs, a viral illness impacting your lungs, or some of the less common causes such as a fungal infection.

You should also never ignore any cardiac symptoms or injuries to the chest area. If you smoke, working toward quitting can be another major prevention strategy.

Pleurisy is an inflammation in the pleura of the lungs sometimes accompanied by pleuritic pain. In some cases, it can progress to pleural effusion, which is when fluid builds up inside the lungs.

Since a variety of causes can lead to pleurisy, the outlook depends on the underlying cause. The best course of action is to see your doctor so that they can identify the cause quickly and rule out anything that may be life-threatening. Your treatment will depend on the cause of your symptoms.

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Exercises for the common cold

Rhinitis, sinusitis, sinusitis – acute, chronic and purulent – unpleasant in any manifestation of the disease. They cause discomfort to the child and a lot of trouble to parents.
Of course, for the treatment of a cold, you need to consult a doctor. Self-medication, improperly selected medicines threaten to worsen the condition.
Five simple exercises will help keep your nose in order. As an additional therapy in the treatment of the common cold, and the prevention of the disease.

Not every runny nose
passes quickly. And what to do if the runny nose dragged on? If you are concerned about inflammation of the paranasal sinuses (sinusitis): sinusitis, frontal sinusitis or ethmoiditis? Of course, you need to go to the doctor! But it happens that having received all the necessary medicines, the child does not recover completely . .. Why?

Sinusitis – not a sentence
The maxillary sinuses are formed in a child by the age of 7. Frontal earlier, and the cells of the ethmoid labyrinth are already formed in the newborn. The mucous, or purulent secret produced by the nasal mucosa during inflammation (ARI, acute rhinitis) can stagnate in the sinuses, preventing the child from fully recovering. His colds seem to never end, flowing from one “exacerbation” to another.

Sinus cleaning
Of course, in severe cases, the child has to wash his nose with the “cuckoo”, or “moving method”, as it is correctly called. Or puncture (pierce) the sinus through the nose. There is no need to rush with a puncture, it is still an injury, forced, but an injury; and is performed only in the most serious cases. And do not think that a puncture or an electric pump wash the sinuses “to clean”. This is wrong. The cells of the sinuses are connected to each other in a complex network and finally “to clean” only the body itself cleanses them. Therefore, neither the electric pump nor the puncture is a panacea.

About the dangers and benefits of puncture
Puncture of the maxillary sinus is an emergency saving measure that doctors take only when it is not possible to achieve relief of the patient’s condition in other ways: severe pain in the face in the sinus area, swelling of the face, a large darkening on the radiograph, performed in the patient’s sitting position (and not lying down!), or on CT of the paranasal sinuses. Puncture – a fracture of the bones of the facial skull and not 100% without consequences. A small, well-recognized fracture that heals quickly. But this, after all, is an injury, and more serious than a “black eye” under the eye …

Is there an alternative to puncture?
Yes, I have. At the My Doctor Medical Center, doctors are proficient in sinus catheterization and nasal endoscopy, when a catheter is inserted into the natural opening of the sinus under the control of a thin endoscope, and the sinuses are washed through it with a therapeutic solution. This is more difficult for the doctor than a puncture, and longer, but this is an indicator of medical competence and his art, sinus catheterization does not cause any injury to the facial bones, and allows the patient to recover faster. You can also wash the sinuses even without catheterization – using the YAMIK sinus catheter. This device is more suitable for adults, although it is also applicable for children. A tube is inserted into the nose, on which two balloons are inflated, a vacuum is created in the nose and the sinuses are washed. This is a good procedure, it does not cause severe trauma to the facial skull, but it is quite often painful (the balloons are inflated with air elastically!) And not everyone is easily tolerated.

Dialog with a doctor
If the puncture of the maxillary sinus is not an emergency, then it is better to bypass it, if necessary, make a catheterization, rinse through the catheter, or, at worst, through the YAMIK sinus catheter, or get by with washing the nose by moving the cuckoo or on your own, using the recommendations booklets: “Clean nose” for children and “Clean nose” for adults, also for children “Snub noses”. However, we remind you that there are severe cases when you really have to do a forced puncture. Please, during your visit to a specialist, feel free to discuss all possible alternatives with your doctor, now you know them. The doctor, taking into account the specifics of the situation, will make the most optimal decision in your case.

If the puncture took place
The modern science of “osteopathy” claims that healthy functioning of the body is not possible where the natural mobility of its parts is disturbed. And this means that a person who has undergone a puncture is not in a uniquely advantageous position: he has passed the acute manifestations of the disease, but he may face a chronic illness. It is imperative to restore the natural mobility of the tissues of the injured region! The bones of the skull are a mobile structure connected by sutures – analogues of the joints. Mobility in the sutures of the skull is very small, up to 0.8 degrees, however, it is this mobility that largely determines the health of the organs and systems located in the skull (including the health of the nose, its paranasal sinuses, adenoid and palatine tonsils, etc. !) . Therefore, it is clear that injuries of the skull (including punctures) adversely affect all the functions of the structures that the skull contains, even if this injury is not a concussion of the brain. The treatment of the consequences of such “small injuries” is carried out by the doctor “osteopath”.

How can a person help himself to eliminate the consequences of trauma to the facial bones from the puncture of the maxillary sinus?
1. Exercise one: “Abduction of the upper jaws.” Sitting or lying down, place your thumbs in your mouth, with pads on the gums in the area of ​​​​the molars (the last distant teeth) and spread your fingers slightly apart, holding the two halves of the face as if spread apart. A very slight dilution is held until a feeling of internal relaxation in the mouth; it takes, on average, from 6 to 60 seconds.
2. Exercise two: “Massage of the median suture.” Sitting or lying down, place your right thumb in your mouth, with a pad on the upper palate in the area of ​​​​the median (intermaxillary) suture – it is easy to feel it on the upper palate – press a little on the suture and draw it forward, to the gap between the upper teeth and back to a small “bump” at the back of the seam. Do this 4-5 times, and then use your finger to explore the area around the seam: there you will find miniature depressions and bumps. Hold your finger a little in the recesses until you feel inner relaxation under your finger; it takes, on average, 7 to 20 seconds.
3. Exercise three “Pump”. Sitting at the table, place the forearm of the right hand with the elbow on the table, and place the thumb in the mouth, with a small pillow on the “tubercle”, which is located at the back of the median suture on the upper palate. It is easy to find, it looks like a millet grain. Feeling the tubercle and placing the pad of the thumb on it, you should slightly lower your head on the finger, barely pressing on this tubercle. So hold for 6 seconds, release, pause for 12 seconds, then repeat the compression again, and such cycles from 3 to 15, until you feel internal relaxation in your mouth or face; it takes, on average, 6 to 10 repetitions of seconds.
4. Exercise four “Opener”. Sitting at the table with the forearm resting on the table, also place the first finger on the palatine bone with a small pillow (start with the right one). The palatine ossicles are located behind and on either side of the “tubercle”, with which we are already familiar. The palatine ossicles are the edge of the hard palate. Behind them, the soft palate begins, these are the “last distant bones”. Start on the right: lower your head slightly, thereby pressing it on your finger, hold for 6 seconds, pause for 12 seconds. There are 3 or 6 such cycles on each side, preferably until you feel internal relaxation in your mouth or face.
5. Exercise five, breathing: Sitting on a chair, inhale while bending your head forward, pressing your chin to your chest and stretching your whole body up, as if someone hung you by the top of your head on a string, then exhale, straightening your head and “falling” back a body that seems to become lower and regains all its physiological curves. There are 7-10 such approaches, according to the feeling of comfort.

All these exercises can be applied to children, and performed by parents. These exercises are by no means strength exercises, the effort in them is relative, any pressure is minimal, literally with one “intention”. It is not possible to restore the body in “one jump”. It takes patience and hard work. If the sinus puncture took place recently, within 1-2 days, then practice daily for at least 2 weeks. If the puncture was within 2 weeks, do it every other day for 2-3 months, but if the puncture was postponed for a long time, within a year or earlier, you are recommended to repeat these exercises no more than 2-3 times a week and no less than for 4 – 6 months. Exercises are shown not only after the puncture, but also without it, just for the treatment of prolonged inflammation of the sinuses and nasopharynx!

BREATHING EXERCISES FOR ADULTS
1. Bring your awareness to the inside of your nose and start by exhaling. Straighten your back (whether sitting or standing) and exhale sharply, quickly, forcefully through your nose by powerful and unexpected contraction of the abdominal muscles so that the air escapes from the nostrils with a loud sound like bellows. After such an exhalation, without making the slightest pause, relax the abdominal muscles. At this time, part of the lungs itself will fill with air. And repeat the exercise again (sharp exhalation through the nose due to the stomach). Mouth won’t open! These quick, bellows-like exhalations are done in quick succession, with sharp tensions of the abdominal muscles. The exhalation is fast, but there is no need to rush – the inhalation is done very slowly.

2. Direct your awareness to your heart and start by inhaling. Straighten your back (whether sitting or standing), inhale deeply for 8 seconds, if the nose is not breathing well, then even longer, until you feel fullness in the chest, hold your breath for 8 seconds, and then exhale smoothly, also no faster than 8 seconds . And so train, adding to holding your breath 1 second a day. At first it will be very difficult to breathe, but I ask you – do not open your mouth and be steadfast in rhythm. If it’s a “clogged” nose – keep yourself on the feeling of lack of air while you can. If the indicated pace is mastered, then without exceeding the recommended time, lengthen the breath-hold progressively (1 per day up to 32 seconds) and the effect will not be long in coming. There is no nasal congestion that does not succumb to this exercise.

3. Especially strong. Do it every time you walk. Keep your body straight. Measuring inhalation and exhalation in steps, inhale for 8 steps, and exhale for 16 steps. If it’s hard, then start with inhaling in 3 steps, and exhaling in 6. Having mastered the pace, lengthen the inhalation by one step per day until you reach the indicated rate, and always exhale twice as long as the inhalation. As you reach this norm, then lengthen the breath by 1 step in 1-2 weeks, but not longer than 15 steps (exhale 30 steps). Breathing should be full and feel comfortable. The body must be controlled by will, not by brute force. Be reasonable, moderate, but persistent, and no runny nose will be terrible for you.

There are many exercises, but those told are the best. For young children, apart from the first exercise, it is difficult to do others. Therefore, for them one more thing (it will be the second one): stand up straight, stretch your arms forward at shoulder level, and clench your fingers into fists. Exhale. With a deep breath, spread your arms to the sides and pull back as far as possible, holding at shoulder level. With an exhalation, bring straight arms forward, crossing in front of the chest – right on top. Repeat and return the left over the right. Do the exercise for 3-4 minutes. If you perform poorly and incorrectly, this is permissible, as long as the children are interested and they regularly practice daily.

The main thing is to always breathe through your nose.
In health or sickness, never open your mouth to breathe. As the mouth is for eating, so the nose is for breathing. And if it is unbearably difficult for you to breathe through your nose, train. And every time you close your mouth, as soon as you remember that you have a nose. Do not disturb the course of subtle energies through the body. And with just this effort, you will already bring great benefits to your body.

It is impossible not to say how you should blow your nose while you are sick: straighten your back (whether sitting or standing) and make a sharp, quick, strong exhalation through your nose, as in the first exercise. You can hold the handkerchief as you like, but never pinch one or two of your nostrils and keep your back straight. After blowing your nose, gently wipe your nose with a cotton handkerchief. Others blow their nose with a terrible noise, pressing their nostrils together, swelling and blushing like a balloon. This is not true, because where does the mucus from the nose go? So the ear can get sick or the maxillary sinuses become inflamed. In addition, there is no need to intensively rub the nose and the skin under it after it, this can irritate the skin.

Now I’ll tell you h four physical exercises, performing which will cleanse the nose, and paranasal sinuses (frontal, maxillary, ethmoid and main), palatine and adenoid tonsils will return to normal. You can do them during the day or in the morning, or in the evening – as you prefer, just don’t look for excuses not to do it. It’s not scary if they told you that “pus in the sinuses”, tonsils in purulent plugs – do not be afraid, everything will pass, just do it tirelessly.

1. Get on your knees and sit on your heels with your big toes on top of each other. Spread your knees a little. Straighten your back, straighten your shoulders, expand your chest, stretch your spine up, raise your arms above your head with palms forward and inhale. Slowly and fully exhaling, lower yourself forward, resting your forehead on the floor. Press the chin to the jugular notch of the sternum, but without bending the neck, as if stretching it – trying to straighten the physiological curve of the cervical spine. Inhale, put your palms together and, holding your breath for a few seconds, squeeze the muscles of the pelvic floor and perineum, draw in the anal sphincter, sphincter of the bladder and slightly tighten the lower part of the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall, pressing them towards the spine. There will be a sensation of a rush of blood to the face or head. After waiting a few seconds in this position, release all muscle tension, relax, open your palms, placing them on the floor, and with a slow breath rise to the starting position (Fig. 2-5.1. Repeat five to six times, after which, sitting in Vajrasana, put your hands on your knees with your palms, stretch your spine up, and wait for the goosebumps to pass through the body. Relax, turn your hands palms up, close your eyes and sit for half a minute – a minute, breathing naturally and naturally.

2. Then also kneel and sit on your heels with your big toes on top of each other. Now spread your knees wider and place your palms on the floor between your legs with your fingers in the direction of the crotch. The little fingers of the hands are connected, the fingers are slightly apart and slightly bent. Raising the pelvis, lean forward, connect the elbows and rest against them with the middle of the abdomen. Straighten your legs slowly. Shifting body weight forward, achieve a position in which the center of gravity is above the fulcrum. In this case, the legs and torso are mutually balanced. Straighten up horizontally, stretch from your heels to the top of your head. Do not tense the abdominal muscles too much so that the elbows slightly “fall” into the stomach. You need to stay in this “balanced on your hands” state for 5 to 10 seconds. Do the exercise three to four times a day. Remember! That the exercise is allowed only with a strong deep retraction of the anus and with stopped breathing.

3. Get on your knees, get down on all fours and rest your elbows and forearms on the floor. Weave your fingers into the lock and place your forearms on the floor so that they form an angle of about 60 degrees. Put your head at the top of this corner with the crown itself. Raise your pelvis up and try to lift your legs off the floor. After a few days of development, attempts will be crowned with success. When this happens, try to straighten your torso up with your legs tucked in. In a few days it won’t be hard. Then straighten your legs and stretch your torso up perpendicular to the floor. Stay as long as you like. Breathing is free (but not through the mouth, of course). The way out is smooth – after lowering your legs and before raising your head, you need to put it on 2 fists and so wait a little. Then be sure to lie on your back and relax. Practice against the wall first. You can stand from a few seconds to 10 minutes for young men and women (and lie resting on your back for as long as you stood on your head). But you don’t have to go against your will – train while it’s good.

4. Sit as in the first exercise. Pull your anus in a little. Inhaling slowly, lean back and lie on your back with your hands on the floor behind your head. Relax and breathe freely for 1 minute. You can stretch the body by bending it in an arc, convex upwards and slightly throwing back the head, but not by extending the neck, but by stretching it in an arc. There should be a stretching sensation between every two vertebrae. If at the same time in the nasopharynx – burning – this is normal. So, there is an outflow of pus from the sinuses. You can sometimes interrupt the exercise by rising to the starting position and practicing the first breathing exercise.

Now about hygiene.
My dear friend! You brush your teeth every day. You should also wash your nose. To do this, a little salted to taste tears of warm boiled water or sterile saline should be poured into the right nostril with a syringe, bend over and pour out of the left. And vice versa. Then you should dry the nostrils well by performing the first breathing exercise. Remember that in the first weeks of the exercise, not all the water will pour out of the sinuses at once, and therefore you need to carry a handkerchief with you so that in a decent society it would not be uncomfortable if the remaining water pours out of the maxillary or frontal sinus.

Last but not least:
(not in a severe exacerbation of the disease, of course) pour cold water twice a day so that you feel good. It will be pouring from a basin, a cold shower or bath, or even swimming in the river – this is your own business. The main thing is to develop a habit. And remember, your body is the Temple of the Lord.