4 Peculiar Reasons we Sneeze

4 Peculiar Reasons we Sneeze

Sneeze is our natural reflex to expel irritants from our airways. It's how we naturally get rid of foreign substances like pollen, dust, dander, and powder from our nose and airway.

While excessive sneezing can be a cause of annoyance and discomfort, you'll realize the importance of this reflex if you don't want those nasty foreign bodies be left stuck in your nose. But at times, we sneeze because of peculiar reasons.

4 Peculiar Reasons we Sneeze

@healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan

4 Peculiar reasons we sneeze

1. Light

Bright light can trigger sneeze in about one fourth of individuals. The exact mechanism remains a mystery, but it's quite possible that it has something to do with the proximity of the optic nerve. Sneeze triggered by light is also called photic sneeze reflex.


2. Temperature change

Going from hot to cold or cold to hot can inevitably trigger the sneeze reflex.


3. Exercise

What? Even something as healthy as exercise can elicit a sneeze. One reason for this phenomenon is physical activity causes a person to hyperventilate which can lead to drying of the airways causing irritation, thus triggering a sneeze.


4. Plucking your eyebrow

Peculiar isn't it? There are people who elicit a sneeze when they pluck their eyebrow. This happens when the nasal nerve gets stimulated.



Sneezing Extremes

Having a terrible day with your constant sneeze? If you think sneezing causes you such tremendous annoyance and inconvenience, think about the cause of Donna Griffiths from England. Her sneezed did not stop for 978 days from January 1981 to September 1983.