Do you sneeze in bright light?

[Leraine]

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When I feel like I have to sneeze, I usually WANT to so I can get it out of my system and feel better...I always find that looking directly into a lamp or other bright light will, 90% of the time, get the sneeze out.

^ Since I was a child I've done that to help get sneezes out.

 

[JKinSC]

Weird thread to necro, but...I actually have the same reaction. Never heard it called the photic sneeze reflex, though. The first PCP I had in the Army told me it was called photoptarmosis, and that's the word I've used ever since, when trying to explain it to someone.

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[Mbeas]

^ Since I was a child I've done that to help get sneezes out.

oh ok

 

[Pierson5]

When I feel like I have to sneeze, I usually WANT to so I can get it out of my system and feel better...I always find that looking directly into a lamp or other bright light will, 90% of the time, get the sneeze out.

When I looked at this thread, that's exactly what I was thinking.