Sneezing with a 4.8 TAA, is it dangerous?

I don’t believe you have anything to worry about there. Sudden spikes in blood pressure is necessary to avoid like heavy lifting can do for example. Biking, as another example, slowly increases BP so it’s a recommended exercise. Sneezing might momentarily slightly lower BP but it won’t lead to a sudden massive spike. So sneeze away my friend, just make sure to say God bless you. 👍

Hello there, I have an 5.0 that grew from 4.9 in 6 months. I have alot of the same concerns, ie coughing hard from flem ect. When I ask, cardiologist said "we all cough". I found it slightly insulting, like duh? thanks for enlightening me. I am going to ask my regular dr if there are any physical theropists that deal with these issues. It would be helpful to have a a coach to say what and how to lift ect

I’d be very interested in finding out what they tell you. My surgeon told me nothing greater than 30 pounds and no isometric exercise. But running and biking, are fine. Just nothing that will increase your blood pressure quickly. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask about sneezing.

Hello @cdt55, have you had a chance to ask this specific question about sneezing? It is an interesting question as sneezes can often feel 'violent' in nature. I'm curious what the general answer would be and to expand, if it were dangerous, how one would even go about lessening the severity of it? I'm not sure we are able to prevent sneezing any more than we are able to prevent blinking.

I haven’t had a chance to ask yet. Right now, I just pressed my finger under my nose and hope it’ll stop me from sneezing!

FWIW, Re limitations for lifting of weights, in my 20’s playing football, we were always advised when lifting weights we needed to smoothly exhale at the point of exertion when lifting the weight (eg deadlift) or when pushing (eg bench press). Common mistake arises when people hold their breath and forget to breathe at that moment of maximum exertion, usually until going red in the face! Which must put enormous stress on the heart. I was told to fully inhale prior to the weight being lifted and then during the exertion of lifting you should be smoothly exhaling 😮‍💨.