Does anyone else sneeze when they look up near the sun?

[blackbirdbluebottle]

Whenever I’m trying to look in the sky for a jet or a plane, if I look too near the sun I always seem to sneeze.. anyone else do this/ know why this happens? My friends think it's a weird trait and I also sneeze a lot more when drunk

my son does it if that helps...

Yes, I do....just googled it too:

About 25% of people sneeze when they look at the sun or another bright light. Sun-sneezing has been called everything from photic sneeze reflex to ACHOO syndrome (for autosomal dominant compelling helioophthalmic outburst). But no one really knows what's going on

Whenever I'm close to sneezing but it's thinking of disappearing, if I look at a light then it helps the sneeze out!

Omg I get this all the time I go out when it's sunny outside.
I looked it up and it affects like 20% of the population.
If it's quite bright out I'll keep sneezing.
Ill always sneeze when I walk down a certain street, it's weird come to think about it.

Yes. First thing in the morning if it is sunny I open the curtains and sneeze. Not if it's cloudy.

I thinks it's something to do with the optic nerve being highly stimulated and in some people the reaction is so strong in that part of your head that the body reacts with a sneeze.

Yeah I have this too, but I don’t necessarily have to be looking at the sun either! It’s enough just to go outdoors, only happens within the first few minutes of being outdoors and is especially apparent when going from dark interiors to strong sudden light. It’s weird

My DH and DD2 have this!

DD2 gets this when she eats proper chocolate.

I used to but don't any more

Yep, I have it and so does my DH. It's called photo-something 🤔
I sneeze if I have a mint, too, wonder if they're linked.

Yeah I thought everyone did!

I do

Yes, although the other way round, ie if I feel a need to sneeze I look at the sun to force it out...

I sneeze when I pluck my eyebrows

I do this.

Also, my tongue itches when I scratch inside my elbow.

@user109842 me too

I thought everyone did. My grandad told me about it as a child to help get half sneezes out.

My son has done this right from when he was a newborn on his first trip outside (home from hospital)

the cranial nerves branch and divide and the one that controls pupil size is linked with the one that causes sneezing, so a sudden bright light stimulus to the eye nerve branch can cause a misfire to the sneeze branch and LO! Sunshine sneezing!

DS2 and I both have this, dh used to despair as DS2 and I were always sneezing in tandem with one another :o

My baby boy does this - I thought it was a baby thing!

DH and DD do it. Weirdos

Yup. My dad is very very sun-sneezy. He'll do maybe 10 in a row just looking at bright lights!

I have this and the rest of my family think I’m weird

I often do. I'd say about 60% of the time I'll sneeze because I looked at the sun, I also find it to be a great solution to help those awkward sneezes that seem to get stuck in their way out... look at the sun and I can sneeze properly.

I actually always just presumed this was a thing for everyone tbh