Why do i sneeze whenever i look at the sun?!
Question: An excellent question. This is far more complicated than you might imagine. Since the detailed answer below got kind of long, I will summarize the main points up front. About 25% of people do actually sneeze when exposed to bright lights like the sun. We do not know exactly why this happens, but it might reflect a "crossing" of pathways in the brain, between the normal reflex of the eye in response to light and the sneezing reflex. There is no apparent benefit from "sun-sneezing", and it probably is nothing more than an unimportant (but annoying) holdover of evolution.
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Answers: An excellent question. This is far more complicated than you might imagine. Since the detailed answer below got kind of long, I will summarize the main points up front. About 25% of people do actually sneeze when exposed to bright lights like the sun. We do not know exactly why this happens, but it might reflect a "crossing" of pathways in the brain, between the normal reflex of the eye in response to light and the sneezing reflex. There is no apparent benefit from "sun-sneezing", and it probably is nothing more than an unimportant (but annoying) holdover of evolution.
For more info, follow the link where i just got that paragraph from : )
Achoo Syndrome. It's a real disease
um why would u want to look at the sun???
Because when you look at the sun you squint and this causes irritation in your nasal passages and thus the reaction is to sneeze!
omg! dats wat happens to me all the time...i told people i was allergic to the sun, and they believed me!
i dont know but i do the samething sometimes
Lolz that's strange I have no idea maybe your allergic to the brightness or something lolz. Or maybe it hurts your eyes and makes you sneeze lolz but yeah that's strange . :S
Emmy :)
Don't know. Though I do know it applies to fluorescent lights as well.
Same thing happens to me....must be catching.
same here!!!! mehbeh its contageous