Why does getting the sun or a bright light in your eyes make you sneeze,
or stimulate and produce a 'stuck' sneeze?
Just spit-balling here... maybe your body does it because you always close your eyes when you sneeze. It's your body involuntarily forcing you to close your eyes and look away from the sun. Just an idea... not sure what the real answer is...
Sudden bright stimulation of the eye that occurs after a person has become adapted to darker surroundings is thought to bring on the condition, known as photic sneeze reflex. The reflex also is called Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioophthalmic Outburst Syndrome, known by the acronym ACHOO. (Not making this up. Really.)
It is a b complex deficiency, as well as sensitivity to light. Among the other symptoms include lack of dream recall, (B6). numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, sensitivity to noise, not able to adapt to stress, dizziness, hair loss, sore mouth, low blood pressure, burning feet, PMS, poor memory, and confusion, just to name a fewhttp://artist101.hubpages.com/hub/The-Benefits-of-the-B-Vitamins-For-More-Than-Just-Stress. Makes me wanna sneeze just thinking about it!!
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Not everyone has this, and only about 18-35% of people are afflicted by "sun sneezing" Sun sneezing is the photic sneeze reflex (also known as photoptarmosis).
What it is, is basically a condition of uncontrollable sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection. It's not just a light stimulation reflex.
I find the condition to be very strange. I find, and many others I've known find, that looking directly into a bright light or bulb when you're unable to STOP sneezing will stop a sneezing fit.
Oh, I had not thought of a reverse reaction--I'll have to try that the next time my hay fever has me sneezing my head off! ;-)
It doesn't always work for my husband, but it works great for me! I'm so thankful for the trick because I get into sneezing fits
Interesting question! I'm going to follow to see what else is said.
When I feel sneezes coming on but they become "stuck" - I can literally just look at a bright light or even just "think" about looking at a bright light, and the sneezes will come.
I also always sneeze 6 times in a row. No more, no less.
And my sneezes actually sound like coughs. Weird, I know
known as the photic sneeze reflex.A connection between bright light and sneezing. It has a name but you’re not going to believe it: Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst or ACHOO Syndrome.
We learn something everyday. It happens to me all the time, but I have always thought it got something to do with sudden change of temperature or something like that. LOL So, now I know. haha Thanks.
Trying to recall studies from my radiography training days, I believe the Trigeminal Nerve (this is the 5th Cranial Nerve), has one of its branches, the Ophthalmic Nerve, that takes sensations from the upper eye lid, the cornea, and the nasal mucosa.
When strong light strikes the eye, any irritation in that region can be mistaken as occurring in another adjacent region. So the mucus lining of the nasal cavity will sense an irritation there and initiate the sneezing reflex.
Maybe someone better qualified in this will correct me or confirm.
by victoria 12 years ago
Did you ever see that bright light in a near death experience?Where is that " bright light" that is seen in a near death experience-in your head or somewhere else?
by Liz Elias 5 years ago
You know when the sun gets in your eyes, or you look at a bright light and it makes you sneeze?I invented a word for that: "photosneezethis."You're welcome.
by Peeples 12 years ago
Why does my dog sneeze when excited?For 10 years everytime my dog gets excited she sneezes. I never to think about it when at the vet. anyone know why?
by cruelkindness 12 years ago
Why do we say bless you when people sneeze?
by ngureco 11 years ago
Why don’t people sneeze when asleep?
by Mrs. Menagerie 13 years ago
I always have and I don't know why. I am just wondering if anyone else out there does too.
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