People affected by sinusitis sneeze continuously, and this is because their sneezes are not as effective as those of healthy people, according to a work published in The FASEB Journal .
When a person sneezes, the environment of the nose is renewed , and all the harmful particles are expelled from their nostrils. In addition, sneezing is accompanied by a series of chemical signals that regulate the activity of cilia, a kind of microscopic hair that also 'sweep' the inside of the nose.
The researchers, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (USA), found that the sneezes of those affected by sinusitis are less efficient than those of healthy individuals and that they cannot correctly renew the environment of their nose. To reach this conclusion, the scientists incubated nasal tissues from both mice and people with sinusitis, and compared the response to sneezing with what happened in tissues from unaffected individuals. "If we can understand why sinusitis sufferers fail to clear their noses of mucus, we can develop treatments to combat these chronic conditions," said Noam A. Cohen, one of the authors.
So you know, in sneezing, better quality than quantity.
