starnuto

Also known as violent sneezing, sternutation, GO:0160023, sneezing, sneeze reflex

violenta emissione d'aria dai polmoni

AI overview

A sneeze is a sudden, forceful expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, typically triggered when foreign particles irritate the nasal passages. It matters because sneezes can spread airborne particles, which is why different methods of covering the nose and mouth—such as tissues, masks, and other devices—are used to reduce their dispersal.

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Key facts

Body process.name: Sneeze
Body process.image: Sneeze.JPG
Body process.caption: The function of sneezing is to expel irritants from the nasal cavity.
Body process.biological system: Respiratory system
Body process.health: Beneficial
Body process.action: Involuntary
Body process.stimuli: Irritants of the nasal mucosaLightCold airSnatiationAllergyInfection
Body process.method: Expulsion of air through nose/mouth
Body process.outcome: Removal of irritant

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Research

5,617 papers

Sneeze-induced chylothorax.Archivos de bronconeumologia · 2021Fornés S, Bielsa S, Porcel JMDOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2021.05.017
Wheeze, sneeze and genes.ReviewJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of London · 1994Hopkin J
Sneeze and pop: a ruptured varicocele; analysis of literature, guided by a well-documented case-report.ReviewBMC urology · 2019Reesink DJ, Huisman PM, Wiltink J et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12894-019-0442-z
Sneeze reflex: facts and fiction.ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease · 2009Songu M, Cingi CDOI: 10.1177/1753465809340571
[Photic sneeze reflex or autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome].ReviewNeurologia (Barcelona, Spain) · 2006García-Moreno JM
The photic sneeze.Postgraduate medical journal · 1990Askenasy JJDOI: 10.1136/pgmj.66.781.892
Why do we sneeze?Medical hypotheses · 2012Burke WDOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.017
Sneeze-induced pneumolabyrinth 15 years after stapedotomy.BMJ case reports · 2021Cheang YFA, Yeo SBDOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243575

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: biological process
Subclass of: reflex
Image: Sneeze.JPG

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Commons category: Sneezing
topic's main category: Category:Sneeze
ICPC 2 ID: R07
Unicode character: 🤧
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0160023
NCI Thesaurus ID: C50746

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Article · Italiano

Lo starnuto è una violenta emissione d'aria dai polmoni. Viene solitamente correlata ad uno stato di infiammazione virale, tipicamente nel raffreddore.La funzione del meccanismo per cui si starnutisce è eliminare tramite le vie aeree gli agenti patogeni.Si può anche starnutire a seguito di una reazione allergica verso qualche sostanza particolare oppure semplicemente per irritazione delle mucose nasali causata da polvere, pepe, ammoniaca e altre sostanze. Si può starnutire anche guardando il sole o altre fonti di luce, in questo caso si parla di starnuto riflesso fotico. La sindrome era nota già al tempo degli antichi greci con Aristotele, che ne fece menzione in alcune sue opere. Riguarda quasi il 15-35% della popolazione. Non solo gli umani starnutiscono, ma anche moltissimi mammiferi, fra cui gli animali domestici come il cane e il gatto.

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