# Nausea and Sneezing- Related? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679 "2009-06-23T03:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/1 "2009-06-23T03:02:01Z")
Way back in my pregnant days, I sneezed a lot and often had nausea. They somehow became associated with each other in my mind or whatever- for some reason I began to relate the two, probably just because they were both going on so often. I chalked it up to weird pregnancy stuff and never really thought about it for the past 10 years. The other day, though, I was lying on my back in bed, just getting ready to get up, an I felt a powerful wave of nausea, for about 3 seconds, and then I sneezed. And the nausea was gone, and never returned. Before you say it, no, I am definitely not pregnant. Trust me on this. Definitely. Not. Is there any connection between these two things, nausea and sneezing, or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/2 "2009-06-23T07:19:03Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > The other day, though, I was lying on my back in bed, just getting ready to get up, an I felt a powerful wave of nausea, for about 3 seconds, and then I sneezed. And the nausea was gone, and never returned. I’m familiar with this phenomenon. It normally happens first thing in the morning before I have eaten. I relate the experience to hunger, and have always considered it as a reminder that my body requires food. For the avoidance of doubt, I’m not pregnant either. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/3 "2009-06-23T13:13:04Z")
Since I lack the needed parts, I’m definitely not pregnant either, and I’ve been noticing this at work for the last 3 or 4 years…pretty sure it is related to hunger, as I often skip breakfast and it usually happens in the first 2 hours before I’ve had another chance to eat ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/4 "2009-06-23T15:00:19Z")
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has noticed this. I don’t know about it being connected to hunger… maybe. I should get a grant from the federal government to study this phenomenon. In the meantime, doctors? Anybody know the mechanism behind this? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/5 "2009-06-24T02:20:20Z")
Bump? If you can’t come to the Dope anymore to get your useless information, where can you go? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/6 "2009-06-24T02:36:11Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > I’m glad I’m not the only one who has noticed this. I don’t know about it being connected to hunger… maybe. I should get a grant from the federal government to study this phenomenon. In the meantime, doctors? Anybody know the mechanism behind this? Low blood sugar can cause nausea. I don’t think it causes sneezing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/7 "2009-06-24T02:43:40Z")
I used to have low blood sugar and this isn’t similar at all. This is just a momentary- two to three seconds?- wave of nausea just before sneezing, and is relieved\* by\* the sneezing. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/8 "2009-06-24T03:39:44Z")
After I had my gastric bypass, I developed the strange involuntary reflex of sneezing when I had had enough to eat, but wasn’t really aware of it. If I tried to eat beyond this sneezing signal, I would become nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![dannette2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@dannette2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dannette2)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nausea-and-sneezing-related/500679/9 "2010-08-05T15:08:00Z")
I started having this problem when I was pregnant with my first child. I would get nauseous about a minute before I would have to sneeze. It would get to the point where I would feel like I’m about to throw up or sneeze. After sneezing 3 or 4 times I feel fine again. Since having my son I still have this problem and I don’t have low blood sugar and I’m definitely not hungry right now and it just happened to me a few minutes ago. I’m glad to hear it’s not just me.