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Title: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: Laith on 24/04/2006 04:22:57
Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?

Laith
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: another_someone on 24/04/2006 04:57:09
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Originally posted by Laith

Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?

Laith


This seems to be a very frequently asked question.  In its various forms, the following topic seem to be all discussing very much the same issue.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2045
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1849
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=245
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=329




George
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on 16/10/2019 07:48:26
Quote from: Laith on 24/04/2006 04:22:57
Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
I don't. However, my mother and my brother do need a source of light to sneeze.
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: diverjohn on 19/10/2019 02:49:37
I sneeze in bright light. Dr Karl on the ABC suggested it was due to neurons on unrelated circuits touching one another (cross-wiring in the vernacular). I don't worry about it.
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: evan_au on 19/10/2019 10:16:06
It's called a "photic sneeze".
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: vhfpmr on 23/10/2019 22:24:27
But what makes an orgasm trigger a sneezing fit?
Title: Re: Why do we sneeze when we look at the sun?
Post by: Translunary on 05/11/2019 09:56:30
About 25% of people sneeze when they look at the sun or another bright light. Sun-sneezing has been called everything from photic sneeze reflex to ACHOO syndrome.