A sneezing fit caused a teenager to collapse and suffer from a brain haemorrhage, UK MailOnline reported.
After consecutively sneezing six times, 17-year-old Liam Andrews had a seizure and died.
Soon after the sneezes started, Liam started vomiting and rolling around in pain in his home in Stockton-On-Tees. His mother, 35-year-old Suzanne Andrews, called an ambulance after he eventually collapsed.
According to UK MailOnline, four days later, he died in the hospital.
"Liam came downstairs in the morning complaining of a headache and saying he had just sneezed six times in a row," Andrews said. "I thought it was nothing serious at first and I told him I would get him some paracetamol but then he got poorly very quickly."
She continued, "Initially he was saying 'my head hurts, my head hurts,' then he started being sick. His eyes were going back and forward and he was rolling around in pain. He couldn't work his hands. I gave him a glass of water but he threw it over himself as he was so hot. He was so hot I couldn't touch him, then he started to fit."
After initially being taken to the emergency department of University Hospital of North Tees, he was transferred to the James Cook University Hospital in Middleborough, UK MailOnline reported.
Liam was placed in intensive care as he underwent surgery to remove a clot in his brain. After four days, he died.
"I was shocked and devastated when he passed away," Andrews said. "I never would have imagined that something as simple as a few sneezes could kill a healthy young boy."
She added, "I couldn't believe it, there was nothing to indicate that something like this would happen. I asked for a specialized post mortem and it came back that he was absolutely fine."
In order to help save the lives of six other people, Liam's heart, liver, pancreas and kidneys were donated after his death, UK MailOnline reported.
