12-13-2019, 02:21 PM
Am I the only one who has noticed that when you feel like you need to sneeze pointing your eyes, to a bright object, like the sun, or or house light, even when your eyes are closed, helps speed up the process?
(12-13-2019, 02:21 PM)Brian37 Wrote: [ -> ]Am I the only one who has noticed that when you feel like you need to sneeze pointing your eyes, to a bright object, like the sun, or or house light, even when your eyes are closed, helps speed up the process?
(12-13-2019, 03:21 PM)Alan V Wrote: [ -> ](12-13-2019, 02:21 PM)Brian37 Wrote: [ -> ]Am I the only one who has noticed that when you feel like you need to sneeze pointing your eyes, to a bright object, like the sun, or or house light, even when your eyes are closed, helps speed up the process?
For some but not all people, that helps. My brother-in-law often sneezed when he went from dim indoors to bright outdoors. It just triggered his sneezing reflex.
(12-13-2019, 02:21 PM)Brian37 Wrote: [ -> ]Am I the only one who has noticed that when you feel like you need to sneeze pointing your eyes, to a bright object, like the sun, or or house light, even when your eyes are closed, helps speed up the process?
(12-13-2019, 04:15 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: [ -> ]Ya learn something new everyday on this forum don't cha?
Quote:https://www.livescience.com/why-we-hiccup.html
In utero, the fetus gets oxygen through the placenta, but as soon as the baby is born, his or her life depends on being able to breathe, Kahrilas explained. "You have to have a breathing apparatus that is already trained," he said. Kahrilas suggests that hiccups, which begin in utero, provide that training by repetitively causing the breathing muscles to contract. "It's almost like an isometric exercise … you're trying to inhale, but then you're closing the [airway], so that it makes it harder to inhale," Kahrilas said.
It's an exercise that fetuses in utero and neonates do a lot. Preterm infants spend an estimated 1% of their time (about 14 minutes per day) hiccupping, according to a recent study in Clinical Neurophysiology that examined the brain activity associated with hiccupping in preemies. Researchers have recorded hiccupping in the womb as early as nine weeks into gestation, said Lorenzo Fabrizi, a senior research fellow in the department of neuroscience, physiology and pharmacology at University College London, who led the study.
(12-13-2019, 11:00 PM)brunumb Wrote: [ -> ](12-13-2019, 04:15 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: [ -> ]Ya learn something new everyday on this forum don't cha?
Awesome Dancefortwo. Is there also a scientific explanation for why we always close our eyes when we sneeze?
(12-13-2019, 11:00 PM)brunumb Wrote: [ -> ](12-13-2019, 04:15 PM)Dancefortwo Wrote: [ -> ]Ya learn something new everyday on this forum don't cha?
Awesome Dancefortwo. Is there also a scientific explanation for why we always close our eyes when we sneeze?
(12-14-2019, 02:20 AM)Dancefortwo Wrote: [ -> ]I would imagine that it's physically impossible to keep your eyes open during a sneeze.
(10-15-2020, 09:31 PM)JimBones Wrote: [ -> ]Well now I have to try sneezing with my eyes open. Wonder how I'll get my eyeballs back in if they fall out.
(10-15-2020, 09:33 PM)TonyAnkle Wrote: [ -> ](10-15-2020, 09:31 PM)JimBones Wrote: [ -> ]Well now I have to try sneezing with my eyes open. Wonder how I'll get my eyeballs back in if they fall out.
Try humming while holding your nose. It does your head in.
(10-15-2020, 09:43 PM)JimBones Wrote: [ -> ](10-15-2020, 09:33 PM)TonyAnkle Wrote: [ -> ](10-15-2020, 09:31 PM)JimBones Wrote: [ -> ]Well now I have to try sneezing with my eyes open. Wonder how I'll get my eyeballs back in if they fall out.
Try humming while holding your nose. It does your head in.
Makes my ears pop. Hey, that might work for scuba diving.
(10-15-2020, 09:48 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: [ -> ]Why does it sometimes feel like a fart, but is actually something more?
Of course, asking for a friend.