Is it possible to sneeze with your eyes open? Why?
468529
no its not possible to sneeze without closing ur eyes coz its a reflex action that happenes
284610
I think its physically impossible to sneeze while you sleep, without waking up.
870320
ditto to the 2 answers above\n\nyou may get some peace from sneezing ect ... because you are relaxed\nbut you still CAN sneeze
1005104
It's called Photic sneezing, and it's not too uncommon. There's thought that the change in lighting that triggers the changes in your eyes (your retina getting smaller in bright light) for some reason sends a signal to your sneezing reflex as well.
64314
Some people do find that bright light causes them to sneeze. It seems to be biological or hereditary. If you walk outside into the bright sun or look at a bright light you sneeze.\n\nIts called Photic Sneeze Reflex!!
960883
'It is unclear, but scientists theorize that we close our eyes when we sneeze to protect them. We may be protecting our eyes from microorganisms and particles from our sneezes," But it could also be simply because a sneeze is a kind of bodywide reflex in which a lot of muscles contract, not just in the nose and throat but also those in the diaphragm, the abdomen, thighs, back, even sphincters (which is why some people with stress incontinence may urinate slightly when they sneeze).\n\nResearchers aren't sure exactly why the sneeze reflex happens, but whatever neurological message tells the eyes to close probably comes from a primitive part of the brain called the medulla oblongata in the brain stem.  And, it's not just an irritation in the nose that can trigger a sneeze; some people, probably because of genetics, have a photic reflex, which makes them sneeze in response to sudden, bright light.\n\nAnd, in case you were wondering about that old wives' tale about the heart skipping a beat when you sneeze, rest assured: It doesn't, though it may pause for a fraction of a second before resuming its normal rhythm.  That pause is believed to occur due to a change in intra-thoracic pressure, or pressure in the chest, when you sneeze. That pressure may stimulate the vagus nerve, which in turn slows the heart rate down for a brief moment.\n\nThis is not dangerous.   But it's believed that people began saying ''God bless you" when a person sneezes because they believed that, in that brief moment, you were between heaven and hell, and, if you were blessed, you'd be saved from damnation.
376593
No one knows the reason you close your eyes when you sneeze. There are many possibilities.  the reason held by most doctors is that closing your eyes when you sneeze is a reflex and it's very difficult to change that.  Actually when you sneeze the velocity at which the air comes out is about 99 mph.   During this part of the sneeze, we tense some of our facial muscles an d by doing this tensing (tightening) of our muscles causes our eyes to shut. therefore, i think that closing your eyes is just part of the reflex of sneezing.
98543
Some people can sneeze with their eyes open and some people can’t. Sneezing is a reflex and so is closing our eyes. We have no control over whether or not we close our eyes when we sneeze. Some people don’t have reflex, so when they sneeze then their eyes won’t close. Some people try to close their eyes so when they sneeze their eyes won’t pop out. Your eyes don’t really pop out. People without the reflex to sneeze with their eyes open can try to train themselves to sneeze with their eyes open. One good way to do this is if when you sneeze you hold your eyes open.\n\n    People think that when you close your eyes when you sneeze that you are blocking germs and bacteria. That is not true because your eyes deal with germs all the time. If you close your eyes during a sneeze, then it is just a reflex. During this part of the sneeze, we tense some of our muscles. The tensing (tightening) of our muscles causes our eyes to shut.\n\n    People that sneeze a lot can prevent sneezing. If you feel a sneeze, then use saline solution. You can also softly hold your nose at the end. These things can help your body remove things it does not want without sneezing.\n\n    No one knows the reason you close your eyes when you sneeze. There are many possibilities. Some people think it is to protect your eyes from flying goop. Most doctors think that it is still a reflex, or we just can’t help it.\n\n    Sneezing is very good for you and your body because it removes things from your body like bacteria and germs. It also is good because it keeps the tubes that carry the air from your nose to the lungs healthy. Sneezing makes your nose clear when you have a cold. If you used to hate sneezing, then I hope this has changed your mind.
106896
Why would you want to?\nYou would be better off sneezing into a hanky than to attempt to stop yourself from sneezing.
925113
Well the fact is that humans cannot sneeze while asleep.\nSneezing requires a reflex mechanism, wherein the sensory nerves in our upper respiratory tract, esp nostrils, are stimulated by some stimuli (mechanical or chemical or other)and these nerves then go to the CNS (i.e brain) and as a final process excite the nerves which supply muscles pf our respiration and the pharngeal region and the man sneezes thus. You must \nknow that this reflex is a natural means to protect our sensitive upper respiratory tract from harmful influnces or, more appropriately, external influences, be it a solid or a gas or as a response to some infection. Now when the man sleeps, his brain is not working at its normal levels and so even though the man's nerves have some external factor acting upon them,\nno reflex is initiated and the man doesn't sneeze. You must also know that when the stimuli continues or crosses a particular \nlevel, it changes from an irritative agent to a source of maybe say pain and the the man can have a disturbed sleep; there is a threshold for every thing.
88528
It is an involuntary reaction.  I wonder if it is to keep our eyes from popping out!  But, really, that's just how our brain directs our bodies during such a complex human action.  Do animals close their eyes when they sneeze too?
72870
Sounds to me like you've got a condition called photic sneeze reflex.
315604
We have little choice in the matter. Try and hold them open the next time you sneeze. It's virtually impossible.
312636
As in humans, sneezing is normal. It's a reflex for expelling something in the nose that doesn't belong there.
18663
You're simply blocking the air that would come out during the sneeze, not actually preventing the sneeze. You can accomplish the same thing by closing and tightening your mouth.
141720
No...have you? (why don't you add some details to your question so we can find out if you have heard one)\n\nThanks for the explanation...I have no idea why you're hearing sneezes. Maybe it's a ghost or a spirit...
898083
Do it all the time ! I have to sneeze with my legs crossed ! It sucks !!