Sun sneezing questions

hi, im a sun sneezer! I recently found out when everyone kept tellin me i was allergic to pollen in the summer and spring months lol and mold in the winter haha...allergy meds just werent workin! anyways for me its not just the sun, it seems to be just bright light in general...lol...i hope it stops b4 i get to heaven...thats supposed to be a pretty lit up place lol. so do u have this thing going yet? LOL cuz i want my certificate of sneeziness:p this is a really kewl idea btw. high five!

Hi Dan,Deb and Tanya,Yep, I sun sneeze too. So does my Dad. Bright light causes it too. It's great if you get one of those sneezes that kinda gets stuck and wont come out...just tilt your head back and point your nose up towards the sun or a bright light and hey presto......relief!!

I can coax a sneeze out of a candle. I've been a sun sneezer for some 50 years. It is handy and it is a pain. Handy when you can't quite sneeze..as if sneezing is a pleasure.. but a pain when bright lights make you sneeze. I read long ago that the explanation was the portion of the brain that controls sneezes is right next to the part that controls vision and light can irritate the sneezy section. At any rate, I know sun sneezes exist regardless of what any researcher says to the contrary.

My dad, brother, and myself are all sun sneezers. My brother's isn't as bad as mine or my dad's but my mom thinks it's funny to see us all walk out of a store together and sneeze. I've been doing it since I was a little baby and I show no sign of stopping. :D

I sneeze from the sun all the time. Like others, bright lights can trigger sneezing, and one time I sneezed from the light reflected from a car bumper. I am most affected when I quickly move from shadow, such as a dark room, into bright sunlight.Sometimes I have sneezed seven or eight times as quickly as I can. It's very embarrassing. I was told it was from masturbating, so I was really glad to find website. Is there a 12 step program for sneezers?

I am a sun-sneezer very interested in it's genetics. On a High School Bio test I took almost 20 years ago, there was a question that implied my condition fell into the dominant-recessive category of genetics. I always held this to be true, partly because in my family my Dad has it (I'm pretty sure), I have it and one Brother has it, while my Mother and other two Brothers do not have it. (weird note: I am almost always a single sneezer, and my brother is often a multiple sneezer). My nose itches when I walk outside and it's a tremendous releif to sneeze. I'd actually say that I love that I have this condition. (another note: My brother and I often would race to sneeze first when walking outside and could cheat by shading the others eyes)

I am a sun sneezer. Any connection to being a brain freezer? (cold icy drinks give a short headache). Which I understand does not happen to all people. Also I get bad headaches once a week.

I am a sun sneezer as well and I have recently found out my father has passed this trait down to me. People made fun of me and didnt believe me when i said that i sneeze when I look at bright lights!! It occurs the most when I am inside a building then walk outside to the bright sunshine. But recently, an unusually bright elevator has made me sneeze. I like being a sun sneezer. We are a small, minute group of special people!

Well i sneeze when I come into a building when im out in the sun. I dont get why and is it the same thing? I sneezed like 4 times.

I have been a sun sneezer for the longest time I can remember. I used to think I was the only one that did it,kind of glad that I am not alone in this.To make matters worse for me I display the symptoms of hay fever along with sun/bright light sneezing.I looked it up online and this is meant to be something unique to Caucasians,but I am Indian. I wonder how common it is among Non-Caucasians..

Mine kicks in with any light, it's real weird! I can almost sniff out the light, then BAM it's on! I sneaze anywhere from 3 to 14 times, which is my max. And this is the secretly strange part, it's like having 3 to 14 orgasms in a row. Sometimes I damn near fall over!!! The only set back is that I have occasionally thrown out my back from such powerful sneezing fits!!!

When I read the wiki article it mentioned that it affects about 25% of the population, 1 in 4. But I have never met another person with this condition ever, no family member or anyone. i also read somewhere that it affects more white people that it does people of African or Asian decent. Anybody know if there is any truth to this?

Wow, I'm a sun sneezer as well, but not to the extent some of you are. Upon occasion, I'll sneeze when going from dark to a bright light, particularly the sun, but anytime I have a "hesitant" sneeze brewing, just looking at any light will cause it to go. My question is about multiple sneezes. I can sneeze anywhere from 3 to 20 times. I'm not complaining, I love to sneeze, but it can be inconvenient at times. I've heard that the first born child (Maybe first born male child) is most often a multiple sneezer. Anyone have any info on that?

Hi,I'm a Asian and I'm a sun sneezer,too. my mom also a sun sneezer. To me, it is barely to meetthe same people having such funny and cute sympton! In fact, I don't have sneeze a lot. Sometimes I can put up with the intentionally stimulate by Q-tips or tissues. But when I walk outside and my eyes contact the sunshine, I can't help it. It is not a big problem for me in dialy life,and I don't think I have any problems with my nose.

I am a never-fail sun sneezer - always have been and never thought to look it up until now. I am also mildly (usefully) synesthesiac (is that a word?). I wonder if the crossed wires are related? Also, ambidextrous, but write with my left hand. Female, 40 and caucasion (hazel eyes).

I have been a sun sneezer my whole life. Dont think my parents are. I am fortunate to only sneeze once when I look at the sun though. Works every time, but bright lights from any other source, and just walking outside dont even trigger a tickle. European and Honduran descent. Also ambidextrous but write left-handed.

This webpage makes me laugh. I have been a sun sneezer for as long as I can remember, not as bad as some of you guys, I just sneeze one time, and the sun seems to be the only reliable trigger. I have sneezed at very bright lights before, but nothing like some of the stories I have read. I have blue(ish) eyes, and come from German and Armenian decent. I love going outside and sneezing, it makes my wife laugh.

My sun-sneeze reflex is really, really strong. Often I will sneeze sitting at work when the sun comes out from behind a cloud -- my brain has noticed the sun coming out, even though I haven't! This happens often in rainy Oregon. I have very light blue eyes and have always been very sensitive to light. I know this is a really old post but I wanted to record my experience in case anyone else has sun sneezes indoors like I do.

I thought everyone sun sneezed! but i just found out only about 25% of people do thats pretty cool, but i also found out that it might have something to do with my desensitized nose... (i cant smell unless the scent is really strong)... and I'm only 17 so i hope it doesn't get worse with age.

I'm a sun sneezer. It runs in my family so I assumed my whole life that everyone does this. My husband laughed at me when I asked incredulously "You mean to tell me that you don't sneeze in the sun?" Driving east on the highway when the sun is rising is downright dangerous.

I wonder if there's any connection between sun sneezing and migraine headaches. I've recently developed migraine headaches with my most frequent trigger being bright light. Sunlight reflecting on the snow or off a car bumper equals immediate pain. A lot of them are classic migraines with visual disturbances or aura. Any other sun sneezers have this problem?

I'm 24 year old female of Irish and Swedish descent. I seem to sneeze only in the sun but will start paying more attention to any bright light as a possible trigger.

Hi, my name is Damian and I'm a sun-sneezer :-)
It's enough for a big cloud to cover the sun, and then when the sunlight shines in my eyes again, there I go with the usual 2 sneezes together followed by a third, all by itself after 5 to 10 seconds. My mother does the same thing, at the beat of the same song. Sunglasses seem to help a little, but I often sneeze even if I'm wearing them.
Yes, I also often get comments that my allergies are acting up, and at that point I just nod because until now I never knew how to explain this reflex. Today I found 2 interesting explanations, one from Scientific American (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=looking-at-the-sun-can-...), and one from Dr. Tom Wilson (http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug97/865380242.Me.r.html).
And yes, like some of you, if I feel a tickle in the nose but the sneeze won't come out, I also look for a bright light to stare at, so the sneeze will finally burst. I've never associated sneezing with migraines, which I'm lucky not to suffer from.