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· 05 Dec 2021

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Why Do People Say Bless You After You Sneeze?

So, where did it come from that sneezing causes your heart to stop? Sneezing causes your blood flow to shift, which might cause your heartbeat to change the rhythm. According to Dr. Richard Conti, past president of the American College of Cardiology, the sensation of having the heart "skip a beat." He claims that when the heart's next heartbeat gets delayed for a long time, the next moment becomes more powerful and apparent, possibly as a strange sensation in the throat or upper chest.

So, why do people say bless you after you sneeze? It's thought to have started in Rome during the bubonic plague, sweeping Europe at the time. Coughing and sneezing were two of the plague's symptoms, and it's thought that Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) recommended saying "God bless you" after someone sneezed in the hopes of saving them from death.

Superstition may have influenced the expression as well. Some say that the practice of requesting God's blessing began when ancient man believed that the soul existed in the form of air and resided in the body's head.

As a result, unless God blesses you and prevents it, a sneeze could mistakenly expel the spirit from the body. Sneezing was also supposed to remove evil spirits from the body, putting others at risk because these spirits may now inhabit their bodies. It gave the blessing to protect the individual who sneezed as well as those who were near him.

Facts To Consider:

•    Sneezing is a natural response that you cannot halt once it begins.
•    With a five-foot radius of moist spray, sneezes can travel at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
•    People do not sneeze while sleeping since the nerves that control the nerve reflex are also sleeping.
•    Many people sneeze when they pluck their brows because inflamed nerve endings in the face fire an impulse that travels to the nasal nerve.
•    Donna Griffiths of Worcestershire, England, sneezed for 978 days, at first sneezing once every minute. It is the world's most extended sneezing episode.
•    Sneezing allowed evil spirits into your body, whereas uttering "God bless you" kept them out.

Conclusion:
Why do people say bless you after you sneeze? It is an automatic response after someone sneezes. Why, therefore, do we feel compelled to say it to anybody who sneezes, even strangers? Maybe it's because it's something we've been taught since childhood and has become a reflexive habit, something we don't even consider a blessing when we think about it. Thousands of years ago, it was customary to wish someone well when they sneezed. The Romans would say "Jupiter protect you" or "Salve," which meant "good health," while the Greeks would say "long life." A sneeze, according to folklore, allows the spirit to leave the body through the nose. The devil will be unable to claim the person's freed soul if they say "bless you." Others believed the other way around; evil spirits exploit a person's sneeze to gain access to their bodies.