Have you ever run across the person that sneezes all of the time? When they sneeze, they sneeze three or four times. It doesn’t matter what the weather is like, they sneeze whether it is rainy, sunny or cloud. What is really interesting is when you see it happen to other members in the same family. It is amazing at what causes people to go through a sneezing fit. People have been known to sneeze after making love, after running or jogging and after putting makeup on.

Let’s see if we can figure out what causes people to sneeze.

Sneezing is the body’s way of getting rid of something in your nose that the nerves in your nose don’t think should be there. Let’s look at some interesting facts about sneezing.

  1. Sneezing helps to keep your body in good shape. The sneeze actually starts out as a nerve message to your brain that it is time to get rid of the foreign object located in the nose. At the same time the bells and whistles are sent to a certain area in your nerve center, to shut your eyes, your mouth and your throat. At the same time signals are sent to the muscles in your chest to constrict and the muscles in your throat to de-constrict. Once all of that occurs, air is expelled out of your nasal passages and mouth. That process is what is known as a sneeze.
  2. Sneezes can occur very quickly. The dangerous part of the sneeze is that it can also expel germs.
  3. If you have had anyone work on your eyebrows, including shaving and plucking, you will probably sneeze at least once. Since your eyebrows are so close to your nose, the nerves are probably sending the sneeze messages to your brain.
  4. You will probably find that while you’re sleeping, you won’t be sneezing.
  5. If you are a person that exercises a lot, you may find yourself sneezing. This is a reaction of your nasal passages actually drying up from the exercise. Now you may be sniffling, but a sneeze may come behind that sniffling.
  6. Another element that can force a sneeze is if the sun is shining.
  7. 978 days. Can you imagine sneezing for that many days? Well a lady in England set the most consecutive sneezing record.
  8. As we mentioned earlier, making love can cause people to sneeze. Again it is the titillation of various nerves in the nervous system that cause people to like making love and then sneeze when they are done.
  9. Just like we sneeze to get rid of foreign objects, the iguana does the same thing. He gets eliminates salts from his body.
  10. If you want to stop yourself from sneezing and if you feel a sneeze coming on, pinch the nostrils of your nose and then at the same time breathe with your mouth open.

Sneezing Superstitions – Sneezing details that are just myths.

Sneezing FactsYour heart will not quit beating while you are sneezing. It may slow down or speed up but you can be assured that it won’t stop on you. Some people have believed that the when you sneeze your eyes will come out of their sockets. Well of course, this is a myth. You actually close your eyes when you sneeze so they won’t fall out.

A couple of other myths include the belief that you are going to get visitors to your house if you sneeze and that showers will come if you have a cat that is sneezing.

You will often notice that someone sneezes you will often someone else saying “bless you”. Have you ever wondered where that came from? If you look at what the word sneeze means, you will find that it has a Greek origin, coming from the word pneuma. In Greek this stands for soul or spirit. Thousands of years ago, people use to believe that when you were sneezing you were near death. They believed that if you were blessed that you soul would not leave your body and the devil couldn’t come into your body.

Related Articles That You Like To Read