Do you really sneeze when you look at the sun?

Question

Someone told me that light makes you sneeze! but we're around light all the time and its not like i get sneezing attacks! is it ture?

Answer 1

Yes ! Some people are prone to "sneezing when they look at the sun" !! It happens to my son all the time - I didn't believe it, but it kept happening .. it's true !

The thing is, the sun does not make most people sneeze. The best estimates are that only about 25% of people (i.e. 1 in 4) are sun-sneezers, and even sun-sneezers don't do it most of the time. Other studies suggest that sun-sneezers might have inherited the trait in a dominant fashion from their parents (which means that if only one parent was a sneezer, they would pass the trait on to half of their kids). The problem with these estimates is that they generally rely on asking people if they sun-sneeze, and if their parents do. This is VERY unreliable. People who sun-sneeze tend to assume everyone does, and people who don't sun-sneeze have often never even considered the possibility!!

Answer 2

it really does work..when you feel like you have to sneeze but you don't, just go out and look up to the sun and you will sneeze

Answer 3

i do.I will sneeze if the light is too bright for me.Just cant stop sneezing after that.LOL.Only me that have this problem among my family members.(-_-")

Answer 4

I do and so does my daughter. I read in an article that there is a name for it (photo-something or other) and it is hereditary.

Answer 5

No!!! It wuold just hurt your eyes.