Superstitions are deeply engraved in many cultures and beliefs, which are followed by many people all around the world. There are many superstitions, and like that, there are health superstitions that people firmly believe and follow. Some may sound amusing, while others may sound a bit too serious. Following these superstitions is up to you, and I am no one to stop you from this. But what I am going to do is tell you some facts about these superstitions. Saliva thread There is a belief that if you are getting hiccups, then place a trade on your forehead soaked in your saliva. In the Philippines, it is found that 5 out of 10 parents do this when their child encounters hiccups. There is no scientific backing to this weird superstition, but it is followed by many. Wet hair leading to blindness You may find some connection between certain superstitions and beliefs, but there are no connections in some cases like in this one. For example, it is believed that if you take a bath and go directly to bed without drying your hair, you will wake up the following day blind. I think going to bed in wet hair may lead to hair fall, and to prevent this, ancestors came up with this wacky idea to instil fear within people. Sweaty body and pneumonia It is believed that if you do not dry your sweaty body with a towel and just let it dry by itself on your body, it will cause pneumonia. However, medical Science says that pneumonia is caused due to infection of fungi, viruses and bacteria and certainly not by sweat drying itself and moving through your skin to your lungs. Stepping over a child and stunted growth This belief is quite common among the old generation; they say that stepping over a child will stunt their growth. But in reality, there is no hard evidence of this. Stunted growth is caused due to many factors like lack of nutrition, genes, the environment the child is growing in and many more. Maybe this superstition was popularised to prevent people from stepping over a child. These four health superstitions may sound weird to you, but many people practice and follow them very closely.