Flashlights & sneezing??

kramer5150 · Apr 19, 2008

Does anyone else have photic sneeze reflex?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex

Whenever I have a sneeze thats "stuck" and can't come out, I blast myself in the face with my flashlight and it pops right out. Happens a lot this time of year.

Force Attuned · Apr 19, 2008

I sneeze sometimes when I look into the sun on a cold day...

Lite_me · Apr 19, 2008

My wife sneezes every time she walks outside into the sun from indoors.

Marduke · Apr 20, 2008

Indoors to outdoors on a bright day, happens every time to me. It's a fairly common reaction with people.

Burgess · Apr 20, 2008

Interesting thread. :thumbsup:

BTW, i've always wondered why:

when i stick a Q-tip swab into my ear,

i very soon begin to Cough.

Often, quite severely !

Strange, eh ?

_

Supernam · Apr 20, 2008

This used to happen to me a lot when I was a little kid. Don't remember it ever happening again.

Patriot · Apr 20, 2008

I don't seem to have that reflex. I didn't do it when I walked outside at all and it didn't happen when I blinded myself just now with my H30.

Interesting thread though....lol

Black Rose · Apr 20, 2008

Wow!!! I have that. And here I thought I was a freak of nature

defloyd77 · Apr 20, 2008

Burgess said:
Interesting thread. :thumbsup:

BTW, i've always wondered why:

when i stick a Q-tip swab into my ear,

i very soon begin to Cough.

Often, quite severely !

Strange, eh ?

_

Wow, I just got done cleaning mine and I do the same thing. Now I don't feel so weird. Gotta try the sneeze thing sometime.

Sub_Umbra · Apr 20, 2008

I've noticed it all my life.

I think the Wiki article's Mechanism section was a bit of a reach. It makes much more sense to me that the Photic Sneeze Reflex is just nature's way of telling idiots who don't know any better that they shouldn't stare at the sun...kinda like the clever way we wound up with nerve cells on our feet...to discourage us from stepping on pointy things...

Flashlights & sneezing??

kramer5150

Flashaholic

Force Attuned

Enlightened

Lite_me

Flashlight Enthusiast

Marduke

Flashaholic

Burgess

Flashaholic

Supernam

Enlightened

Patriot

Flashaholic

Black Rose

Flashlight Enthusiast

defloyd77

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Sub_Umbra

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