Achoo!

A listener who wished to remain anonymous asked if I knew the name of the syndrome in which a person sneezes when suddenly exposed to light. I didn’t, but I found it online. It’s called photic sneeze reflex.

There’s some confusion about its cause, but here are links to a couple of articles that take a stab at an explanation.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/looking-at-the-sun-can-trigger-a-sneeze/

http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/05/12052942-does-the-sun-make-you-sneeze-its-not-just-you?lite

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