Do you sneeze if you look at the sun? (or other bright source)

[SWScorch]

Yep, everytime I go outside into the sunlight I sneeze. Electric lights don't do it though; only sunlight. Always wondered what caused it. My hypothesis, which I formulated when I was bout 10, was that the sunlight heated the air, causing dust particle to float upwards into your nostrils.

Ironically enough, I was thinking about asking this question sometime last week but never got around to it.

 

[klah]

Sometimes.

 

[Budman]

no, but when I eat beans i fart.

That reminds me,did you ever fart while sneezing?

 

[imported_xaguynamedguyx]

i never really paid attention as to why i sneezed when i did

 

[Juno]

Never sneezed when looking at sun.

Only allergic to pollen, dust and sawdust.

 

[desteffy]

Originally posted by: blazert40
All the time every day it happens to me.

I've only meet one other person that it happens to and have no clue why it does happen.

Sucks to 'cause I'll sneeze 3 times in a row every time I go from being inside to the outside in the sun.

same here! I often sneeze 2 or 3 times!

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: jEct2
How is this explained scientifically? How does brightness trigger your body to convulse and sneeze?

[edit]
also when indoors, if im about to sneeze and couldnt' get it out, looking at light bulbs usually help.. I don't know why.

Yes, I sneeze blood :|

 

[Apathetic]

Yup. Ever since I was little.

Dave

 

[MrLuckyPants]

Yep, happens to me too. I don't think I've met anyone else before who has the same problem (although granted, it's not usually the first topic of conversation when I meet someone).

 

[jonjonsanfru]

Yup I'll often do the 2-3 sneezes from indoor to outdoor in the sun... now the more pressing questions (since someone was able to get the medical definition for sunlight sneezing)... I'll sneeze the same way after eating chocolate, coffee, and cough syrup... but only after the first taste, not repeatedly in the same sitting. whats up with that? The darker the chocolate the more satisfying the sneeze.

 

[GarlicBreath]

 

[GarlicBreath]

I do this too. I always thought everyone did. I assumed it was a natural defense to protect you from staring into the sun and burning your eyes.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I have that reaction but thought it was more of a reaction to looking up cos that's where the light source usually is... Photic sneeze reflex sounds much better, I feel special.

 

[Continuity27]

Happens to me.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Stop looking at the sun.

 

[JonnyStarks]

Yeah man, totally works every time, you're the first person I've heard that this also happens to!

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Yep, I always feel weird when it happens around friends because I'm the only one it happens to, they just all kind of look at me funny