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Alex R ([personal profile] alexr_rwx) wrote2009-02-20 03:47 pm

quick poll about sneezing and sunlight.

Bright sunlight tends to make me sneeze. This is called the photic sneeze reflex, and it's relatively common.

How about you?

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[identity profile] oniugnip.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I think this means you're a "yes" -- some people, if you bring this up, have no idea that there's a connection between bright lights and sneezing.

Or perhaps there are degrees of it, like Emily suggests?

It's not like every time there's a bright light, I sneeze.

[identity profile] gtv42.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. There are certainly some people for whom something like a camera flash forces a sneeze, and that was the severity that I thought the quiz was geared towards.

To reiterate, bright light doesn't *make* me sneeze, but it can /assist/ a sneeze. I'd say it's good for the last 25% of the way there.

[identity profile] britta43.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I would say that at some point, anything can make you sneeze, right....

Plus, yes, plucking my eyebrows seems to make me sneeze too.....