Which is more contagious - a cough or a sneeze?
2012年8月12日 · 2. If sneezing can sometimes be associated with the flu and coughs sometimes with tuberculosis, is it easy to say which of the two, in general, is worse (i.e. more contagious)? 3. If someone sneezes or coughs into the air, what is the rate of diffusion for those nasty germs as a measure of time versus distance?
Why do people sneeze multiple times in a row? - The Naked …
2019年10月8日 · And the interesting thing, is that some people who may sneeze two or three times in a row, other people may actually end up in these huge sneezing fits of 10, 15 sneezes in a row. And it may be, and this seems a bit of a cruel way of phrasing it.
Why do I want to cough when cleaning my ears?
2007年7月15日 · There is a cough-ear reflex, but only 2.3% of the population experience it. There's something called Arnold's nerve, part of the vagus nerve, which supplies the head and neck.
Why do you sneeze when you look at the Sun?
2006年7月16日 · About one person in four or one person in five is affected. People used to think that when you looked at the Sun, the bright light made your eyes water, the water ran down into your nose, tickled your nose and made you sneeze.
What was bubonic plague? | Interviews - The Naked Scientists
2015年6月22日 · Luke - It makes the person ill by doing a few things. In the blood, it produces all sorts of proteins and enzymes and what it can do is make your blood very thick and coaguable. And what happens is when that affects the distal parts of your body, your fingers and toes, the small arteries in there, you get gangrene, which is where we get some of ...
What does Falling into a Black Hole Feel Like? | Podcasts
2015年6月16日 · But for the average person, a good healthy diet which means a good balance between proteins, fats and carbohydrates, it means a good source of fibre in the diet and so on, all those things add up to making your body healthy. If your body is healthy, your brain will be healthy because at the end of the day, your brain is your most precious organ.
What would happen if you sneezed in space? | Science Questions
2014年3月18日 · Richard - Well, I was going to tell you, sneezing is very similar. I was talking to actually Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut about sweat in space. He writes about this in his book. So, you're on the treadmill in the International Space Station and as you normally sweat. Well, sweat will normally stay on your skin.
why do we get runny nose when we sneeze? | Naked Science Forum
2008年12月25日 · Some 10-20 seconds after sneezing the nose starts running quite heavily. The intensity of this is the surprising part. I don't recall having that many years ago, but maybe running nose was not something to pay attention to during childhood - or maybe it is a sign of some health issue regarding the nose
How does morphine work to kill pain? - Naked Scientists
2011年6月26日 · the morphine was stopped totally and it was soon obvious that the morphine was still providing some pain relief to the above areas in particular - but I have been off the med for nearly a month. Still have sig sinus pressure in my forehead, some runny noise, dry non productive cough, and sneezing. Am on an anti biotic med for the above.
Why sneeze through your mouth not through your nose?
2011年10月12日 · This contrasts with my mouth, which sprays out a ton of droplets. I would think I was just weird, except that everyone else that I see sneeze seems to do it exactly the same as I do, sneezing out of their mouth, with nothing normally coming from the nose. So, if the point of sneezing is to expel irritants from our nose, why does this happen?