How does looking at a light affect your sneeze? When I am about to sneeze but it isn't coming, I look up at a light, and bingo! What in light triggers the sneeze?

SOTHC

try http://www.urbanlegends.com/medical/photic_sneeze.html where they try to explain it. Jul 14 03, 8:04 AM

mumby21

YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHT AND YOUR EYES WATER - TEARS GO DOWN THE TEAR DUCTS INTO YOUR NOSE TRIGGERING THAT SNEEZE Jul 15 03, 6:19 AM

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If I feel a sneeze coming on and just hovering on the brink of release, why does looking at a bright light finish the sneeze? I can only live when there is light, although I die if the light shines on me. What am I? Does your heart stop when you sneeze? It matters not whether it's dark or light, if you're sighted or blind, I can be seen everywhere, even in your own eye. What am I?

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