The secret of sneezing

Ancient Greek general Xenophon tried to encourage the soldiers to risk their lives against the Persians. He spoke for hours without convincing them. Suddenly a warrior sneezed for hours. Everyone thought it was a divine word, so they knelt down and obey Xenophon's orders.

There are everyday phenomena that are so familiar that we never pay attention to it, despise it, but it is actually quite important. Among these are sneezes. And around the sneeze it's really thrilling.

Sneezing, sneezing - spiritual phenomenon?

Doing something, suddenly I felt itchy, dizzying in my throat, in my nose, I couldn't control it anymore, a strong breath came out with a characteristic sound: H-coughing . slightly. That is the phenomenon of northern people called ' sneezing ', while the South calls naively but more iconically : ' Sneezing '.

When sneezing, many people think: ' Anyone mentioned me here!'. People consider sneezing as a spiritual phenomenon, expressing unintended, responding to the sudden recall, suddenly thinking of someone to me. And vice versa, I remember someone or my friends mentioning the third person at that time, this person will sneeze.

Not only Vietnamese but also most Asian peoples like China, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand . believe so. Unable to explain why sneezing, the old man entrusted this to the gods. Greek mythology: In 400 BC, General Xenophon tried to encourage the warriors to risk his life against the Persians. He spoke for hours but didn't convince them. Suddenly a warrior sneezed for hours. Everyone thinks that the sneezing is the word of the god of trust; all the series knelt down, obeyed his orders. There is no shortage of similarities in the Western ideology, saying that his sneezing is not caused by me but by a superior person.

Internationality of sneezing

Vietnamese version of sneezing into ' sneezing '. Other languages ​​are like that. The British and Americans are called ' Achoo ' or ' Atchoo '. French: ' Atchoum '; Arabs: ' Atsaa '; Spaniards: ' Atchis ', Danish - ' Atjuu ', Turks - ' Hupshuu ', Norwegian - ' Atsjo ' . This list lasts forever.

After ' dumping ' the cause for the gods, people also understand that sneezing is related to health. When sneezing, if not because of a certain disease, it is at least an allergic reaction. People sneeze as much when they 'feel' themselves , the flu.

Therefore, there is a habit in Vietnam: Every time someone sneezes, the person next to him immediately says '(Good) Health!'. If you sneeze the second, then ' Live long '. Third language - ' Hundred years old ', then ' First silver ', ' Peaceful ', 'Unconscious!' for sneezing sounds .

May you see other people sneezing, which seems to be the custom of all nations. There are multi-page books that record these wishes. The blessing that English and American people use is ' Bless you !' (actually ' God bless you ' - God bless you ) when you hear the first sneeze, ' Keep you !' (Take care) for the second hour, then ' Give you peace! '(Peace be it) for the third language.

At most is the phrase ' Wish your health! '. This verse is used by Spaniards and most Latin American people (Salud!), Portuguese, Brazilian (Saude!), Germans (Gesunheit!), Jews (Labriyut!), Russians, Czechoslovakia, Bulgarian people, Ukrainian people (Na zdrovie!) . It is different but the same meaning. Poles, outside ' Na zdrowie! 'Also wish' Sta let! (Hundred years old).

Many countries still use sneezing to divert, for example, sneezing at any time, warning what, how to sneeze how it counts.

What does medicine say?

Today, the explanation of sneezing belongs to medicine. Accordingly, the process takes place as follows: A certain triggering factor affects the receptors on the mucous membrane, threatening the peace of the body. Immediately, they reported on the ' sneezing center ' located in the brain stem following nerves 5 and 7.

This center does not delay, sending a message to all the relevant muscles to create an extremely complex process of sneezing. The muscles that receive the command are the abdominal muscles, the chest muscles, the diaphragm, the commanding muscle of the vocal cords, the throat muscles, the facial muscles and the eyelid muscles (to ' close ' the eyes to give up the impact of the 'flow of danger '.) Danger 'pops out).

These muscles work together in a precise way and eat strange ideas to expel the " stranger " from the body. That ' stranger ' is quite diverse: The flu-causing bacteria have already settled in, causing the mucosa to swell and itch; dust, pollen, dog fur, cat or chemicals, pepper (piperine), fire dove, firecrackers .

In particular, light is also a cause of sneezing. There are 20-30% of people when looking at the sun, or looking directly at the sun, even under the light is too bright, sneezing. People are told these people have sneeze syndrome and this syndrome is inherited from parents to children.

Thus, sneezing is nothing more than a defensive reflex of the body, aiming to get rid of foreign invaders, not a god. Sneezing is good, not bad. It is both the way the body defends itself, ' throws ' out harmful things, and is an alarm signal that an army of strange bacteria attacks the doctor to diagnose and prescribe drugs against them.

Of course, the sneeze does not leave anyone, sometimes the " shock " comes at the wrong time. For example, the president is solemnly swearing in front of parliament, the actress is surfing and saying love words on stage .

Sneezing data

The sneeze was carefully scrutinized by medical practitioners. They determined that when sneezing, the air was " flared " out at a " respectable " speed - 165 kilometers an hour. Remember, level 12 winds are the highest in the Beaufort ladder, causing extremely terrible storms that are only 117 km / h. Every time you sneeze, you shoot 2,000 to 5,000 tiny drops of water, each containing an average of 100,000 bacteria, germs, going away from 1.5 to 2 m.

When you have a flu, if you are free to sneeze (do not cover your mouth), it is really depicting the environment and the people around you. Sneezing is never ' independent ', but there is always a society with a boat, meaning that it is always 2-3 to 3 hours in a row. People recorded a man sneezing a circuit of 40, making him tired of gasping. The Guinness Book also recorded a terrible record: Donna Griffiths in Pershore (England) at the age of 2 began sneezing on January 13, 1981 and in the first year, more than 1 million people were recorded, after being bored. , no more, and she (rather, the girl at that time) stopped on September 16, 1983, meaning she was sentenced to 978 days, including between meals, except for sleep. Perhaps this ' sneezing queen ' proclaimed a confession long before there was an opponent.

What about us? Just do not pay attention but not only, but not less than 4 times a day, not to mention when the sun becomes sun. If so, every year we sneeze a little 1,500 times.