Does sunlight make YOU sneeze?

[Glutton4...]

I was told the way to stop a sneeze, if you feel it coming, to look at direct light or sunlight. Has no effect on me, which is a shame as I sneeze embarassingly loudly.

I was told that looking at light is the way to bring on a reluctant sneeze! It works!

[jojo2910]

I was told the way to stop a sneeze, if you feel it coming, to look at direct light or sunlight. Has no effect on me, which is a shame as I sneeze embarassingly loudly.

[Sylvan]

oops, i take that back - pepper cannot trigger eyebrow plucking !!!

rofl!!

[snohare]

Polaroid sunglasses - the ones we now know as aviators sunglasses - were invented because in the Korean war when American jet pilots were looking out for attackers diving at them out of the sun, they would sneeze...and with a closing speed of 600 knots, that was all the time it took for the enemy to arrive - bad for the insurance premiums. With sunglasses that darkened automatically, the problem was gone.
But I never knew what the problem was called, and I didn't know about the percentages. Ta !
I sneeze at water, if the air is really dry...good man in a desert, me !
I think - I have a vague memory of reading somewhere - that there is a nerve in your face that is very sensitive and can trigger sneezes. Anyway, often sinusitis = sneezes. Hence foods like pepper can trigger sneezes - and presumably eyebrow plucking. It runs down inside your nose and throat...but I can't be sure I remember correctly.

Oops, I take that back - pepper cannot trigger eyebrow plucking !!!

[kirsty b]

True!! Minty sweets make me sneeze too! Don't stop me eating them though..

[Sylvan]

Yup, sunshine always makes me sneeze...I thought it was just me! It's tricky when you're driving

I always worry when it happens when driving, 'cos your eyes automatically shut as you sneeze.

Extremely strange Janeyo :-/

It's supposed to be hereditary JB. Are most of the people you've told family?

[janeyo]

Do you sneeze every time you pull out a hair Janey?

Nope, I do one mahoosive sneeze after about the 8th pluck! Tis most strange...

[Jelliebabe]

Well You know when you feel a sneeze coming and you just want it out of the way? I always look at the light, be it sunlight or any inside light... I tell this to everyone and it works... so I dont think it can only be 10% of people...? I've never thought about it!!!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Yup, sunshine always makes me sneeze...I thought it was just me! It's tricky when you're driving

[Sylvan]

My Husband sneezes if he eats Mint sweets. I know other people that do, too.

They ARE potty!

Mint sweets?

[Sylvan]

Do you sneeze every time you pull out a hair Janey?

[janeyo]

I only sneeze when I am plucking my eyebrows....

[chris]

Doesn't affect me, but I know a few people that it does affect - really odd!

[Glutton4...]

My Husband sneezes if he eats Mint sweets. I know other people that do, too.

They ARE potty!

[Glutton4...]

Yes. It's called Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst Syndrome! Google 'sneeze in sunlight' and you'll find loads of info.