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  2. Blinking - Wikipedia

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    Blinking is a bodily function; it is a semi-autonomic rapid closing of the eyelid. [1] A single blink is determined by the forceful closing of the eyelid or inactivation of the levator palpebrae superioris and the activation of the palpebral portion of the orbicularis oculi, not the full open and close.

  3. Sneeze - Wikipedia

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    When sneezing, humans eyes automatically close due to the involuntary reflex during sneeze. [3] Shadowgraph visualization of the airflow during a sneeze, comparing an unmasked sneeze with several different method of covering one's mouth and nose: sneezing into a fist, a cupped hand, a tissue, a "coughcatcher" device, a surgical mask, and an N95 ...

  4. Phosphene - Wikipedia

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    One example of a pressure phosphene is demonstrated by gently pressing the side of one's eye and observing a colored ring of light on the opposite side, as detailed by Isaac Newton. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Another common phosphene is "seeing stars" from a sneeze , laughter, a heavy and deep cough, blowing of the nose , a blow on the head or low blood ...

  5. 65 Unsettling Medical Facts That Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

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    one of the biggest reasons why neanderthals died out was simply because they required about 10,000 or more calories daily just to be alive while humans were far more efficient. #59

  6. Keep Your Distance! Sneezing Can Spread the Flu to ... - AOL

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    Sneezing Can Spread the Flu From 6 to 8 Feet Away

  7. Respiratory droplet - Wikipedia

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    Respiratory droplets are produced naturally as a result of breathing, speaking, sneezing, coughing, or vomiting, so they are always present in our breath, but speaking and coughing increase their number. [1] [2] [3] Droplet sizes range from < 1 μm to 1000 μm, [1] [2] and in typical breath there are around 100 droplets per litre of breath. So ...

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  9. Influenza - Wikipedia

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    If one's hands are contaminated, then touching one's face can cause infection. [40] Influenza is usually transmissible from one day before the onset of symptoms to 5–7 days after. [11] In healthy adults, the virus is shed for up to 3–5 days. In children and the immunocompromised, the virus may be transmissible for several weeks. [10]