Ever felt a sudden pain in your spine after a sneeze? Medics caution not to take it lightly as there are chances of the spine becoming vulnerable to serious disorders like a slipped disc, hernia or in rare cases, paralysis of limbs. A body pulverising sneeze, which makes body jerk as if on a take off mode may cause the spine to take the full impact of the shattering blow.
"If you get a sudden pain running down your spine, it means the sneeze has really struck hard," says Dr Ashish Shrivastav, Senior Neurosurgery consultant at B L Kapoor Memorial Hospital here. Shrivastav explains that a sneeze jerk may precipitate a slip disc especially if any of the discs is on the verge of herniating.
"A strenuous sneezing attack can leave the body with back spasms and upper or lower back pain and can cause injury. Vigorous sneezing not only wracks the entire body, but the pressure can be so intense it may actually cause a weakened spinal disc to herniate. Sneezing aggravates already existent musculoskeletal strain and might increase back pain that resulted from a previous injury," explains Shrivastav.
A powerful sneeze creates a flutter around the spine discs and if sneezing results into a sudden pain in the back, it is best to avert a crisis by consulting a neurosurgeon, say experts.
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