Tips to get through the sneezing seasons

Allergies, dust, or even a cold or flu.

There are lots of reasons why people might sneeze, but there are ways to stop them before they start.

Blowing your nose at the first sign of a sneeze will help flush out anything that might be causing you to sneeze.

Putting pressure on parts of your body is known to help too. Pressing your fingers into your earlobe or upper lip, or even rubbing or pinching the bridge of your nose, are options to try.

Try also tickling the roof of your mouth with your tongue as another way to stop a sneeze in its early stages.

Read more: How to deal with your summer allergies. 

Beware the dangers, however, of trying too hard to stop a sneeze once you  have gone past the preventing point.

There have been documented accidents from people trying just that.

Believe it or not, the injuries list includes facial never injuries, ruptured eardrum, pulled back muscles, cracked ribs, cervical pain and even a fractured larynx.

With a sneeze blasting out air at an approximate 500 miles an hour, imagine what a suppressed sneeze can do.

Read more: Home remedies that actually work for flu season. 

If you want to reduce the severity of the sneeze open your mouth as wide as possible.

This will mean the air will escape easier, causing less pressure.

For the best ways to sneeze without spreading germs, go for the crook of your arm.

Many cover their mouth with their hand, but then everything they touch after that will be contagious, if the sneeze is health related.

Do you have a tip to add to this list?