How come sometimes when I go outside and the sun hits me, that I sneeze???

Question

Example: Like if I leave Walmart, I'll walk outside && then sneeze 2-4 times.
Can anyone help me?
Why does the sun make me sneeze?
&& put it in small words... not scientific ones lol.

Answer 1

This is called the "photic reflex". You are not alone. Stand outside a movie theater on a bright sunny day and watch as people come out and sneeze. You can use it to your advantage. If you ever have that feeling where you have a sneeze that is starting, but wont come out, go look at a bright light and you will sneeze.

Answer 2

sunlight sneezers are interior the minority because of the fact the reflex purely occurs in one out of four human beings. learn propose that it may desire to be a dominant trait we inherit from our father and mom. that's believed that crossed neural pathways between the eyes and the nostril, mouth, and chest reason sunlight sneezing. wonderful gentle could desire to make the scholars constrict, yet for the photic mushy, it does so plenty greater!

Answer 3

Believe it or not, you are allergic to sunlight!!! No kidding- there IS such a thing, and a LOT of people who don't know it- have it!!! Unfortunately- there's NO real "cure" (unless you want to move to Oregon or spend the REST of your life indoors- & THAT'S no fun...)... But, at least you know why you sneeze- & you'll have something to tell people that they probably didn't know... :)

Answer 4

According to this site: http://www.dankarran.com/sunsneezing/ , basically it happens because, due to your genetics makeup, "the signals from your eye to your brain are somehow also received by the part of your brain which deals with the sneeze reflex".
So basically, somehow, when you see an increase in light intensity, your brain somehow turns on the "sneeze signal", he he :).

Answer 5

I don't know why, but it happens to many people. I do know that it is a natural reflex. It's not something you can control, but try putting on sunglasses before you hit the sun.