Do your eyes look different?
When you have to sneeze, you automatically close your eyes. But why actually? The story goes that otherwise you run the risk of your eyes falling out. Is that true or a monkey sandwich story?
Your nose is lined on the inside with mucous membranes, cells that produce mucus or snot. This moistens your nose and partially keeps viruses and bacteria out.
If a potentially harmful substance irritates this mucous membrane, a reflex causes you to take a large breath of air, which you then exhale very hard in one fell swoop. This is how a sneeze clears your nose.
Certain scents, pepper, and pollen can induce a sneeze. If you have a cold, your nasal mucosa is more sensitive, so you have to sneeze more often.
Firmly held
You may have noticed that when you sneeze, you automatically close your eyes. Some think it’s necessary to protect your eyes. The force of a sneeze would otherwise make them pop out of the eye sockets. That’s a monkey sandwich.
Your eyelids consist of a thin piece of skin, they don’t block your eyes. Fortunately, the eyes are protected on all sides by bone. Moreover, each with six muscles is firmly attached to a ring at the back of the eye socket.
reflex
Why do your eyes close on their own when you sneeze? It’s a reflex: an unconscious reaction of your muscles that has no function. Like shooting your lower leg up when the doctor taps your knee with a hammer. If you try really hard to suppress this reflex, you may be able to keep your eyes open while sneezing. And your eyes just stay put.
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