# Hunger sneezing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-sneezing/268139>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-sneezing/268139 "2004-10-08T02:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![LegendShot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LegendShot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendShot)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-sneezing/268139/1 "2004-10-08T02:04:24Z")

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Whenever I get really hungry, I start sneezing. I’ve heard of people sneezing in sunshine, and I do that too, but I’ve never heard of anyone sneezing out of hunger. Has anyone heard of this before, or does anyone have any idea why this might happen? Just curious…

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-sneezing/268139/2 "2004-10-08T02:43:44Z")

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IIRC, the photic sneeze reflex is a result of nerve impulses “short circuiting” from the optic nerve to nerves from the noise. Seems pretty possible that stomach nerve impulses (from the vagus?) could do the same.