Do you sneeze at the sun?

Post Reply New Topic

My goodness, I thought I was the only one for that... haha. Haven't noticed the sun though. Also, if I have a tangle in my hair and try to use a brush I sneeze.

Add me to the list.

A herbal specialist once told me it was because I had an extremely mild sun allergy (I doubt that!)

Anyway, my dad does too, and he seems to share some AS traits.

It would be hard to determine anything from a generalized thread like this. At least try a poll or something, although you would still get disproportionate responses as most of the people on here are AS.

Same! Except for me the sun works best.

The sun works best for me as well, however, sometimes I get the burning sensation in my sinus at night and it just isn't practical to run outside and wait until sunrise. So I have to improvise. So I can use my desk lamp, the lights around the mirror in the bathroom, or whatever. I just have to get it close enough to fill a good percentage of my vision.

For whatever reason, I have found that my right eye is more profoundly effected by the photaic-sneeze response. So I often find that having the light (or sun) shine primarily at my right eye from the right peripheral side seems to trigger the response the best.

No, I've never done this.

yeah i do this
i shift from liking it to hating it depending on my mood

Ok, this is surreal. I have had this my whole life and I thought I was weird. It feels great to know I'm not alone!