I know its an uban legened but what would happen if you forced your eyes to stay open?
2006-06-08 22:25:54 · 28 answers · asked by Charles F 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
due to the force with which u sneeze ,ur eyes will automatically close.try it but u will not succeed.
GOOD LUCK!
2006-06-08 22:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by sur k 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your eyes do bulge out a bit when you sneeze. This gives a few people the willies. If you know someone like this, take 'em to a freak show. They'll feel so reassured.
Also, not to quibble, but it's just about impossible to hold your eyelids open while you sneeze. They snap shut by reflex. The reflex serves no purpose, so far as anybody knows; it's just the way you're wired up. The nerves serving the eyes and the nose are closely intertwined, and stimuli to the one often trigger some response in the other.
We've already discussed photic sneeze reflex. Similarly, sneezing (or yawning or vomiting) can cause not only blinking but tears. Some beauticians claim that if your eyes start to water while you're applying makeup, you can stop it by blowing your nose. There is something about this arrangement reminiscent of having to shut off the engine in your Yugo by dousing the lights. Don't blame me. I didn't design the apparatus, I just describe it.
2006-06-09 05:47:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will happen !!!
For gods sake dont do it unless you want to be blind
Also because the eyes pop out it is possible that if it is a big sneeze then the strain can and will shear off the optical nerve as far back into the brain causing not only blindness but damage to the cerebral frontal lobes of the brain .
The damage it reputed to be irrepairable
2006-06-09 05:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by timjm009 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look inside the human head, you will find that your eyes, mouth and nose are interlinked. I think your eyes will fall out as there are no longer any openings for the air to escape. Besides, when you sneeze, the air coming out from your nostrils moves as fast as a train.
2006-06-09 05:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by smashingly.smashing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That wouldn't pop your eyes but it would put tremendous pressure on the brain. This could cause some damage. Not a good idea to try. Most likely nothing would happen but the possibility is there.
2006-06-09 05:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can`t sneeze with your eyes open unless you make a very special effort.For a beginning try to close both eye lids tightly shut while coninuously looking upwards by moving up only eye balls not your face.Eye balls don`t fall of any way.
2006-06-09 05:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you might rupture your eardrum because the pressure from the sneeze gets averted to the back of your throat and nose which meets up with eustachean tube or however you spell it and that tube leads right into your eardrum in your ear. I don't remember where I read this so your just going to have to take my word for it or not believe me.
2006-06-14 18:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by David W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is still no scientifically proven that the eye will fall out. however, some people said that each time you hold your nose when u wanna sneeze,your heart actually stop for 1 second soo if u keep doing it...u might one day have a heart attact..
2006-06-09 05:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by cEweQ_iNdO^^ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory yes but in practice no as the human body has mechanisms in place to stop this happening.
2006-06-09 05:27:56 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.... yes they will, I knew a friend who lost both eyes under exactly these circumstances,
2006-06-09 05:30:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋