# Sneezing and eyes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-eyes/213743 "2003-11-17T18:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-eyes/213743/1 "2003-11-17T18:46:22Z")
Is it possible to injure yourself if you managed to keep your eyes open while sneezing? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-eyes/213743/2 "2003-11-17T21:52:32Z")
Possible to injure your self, I don’t know. Possible to do…YES. I personally have done it many times (usually just to prove that it can be done, and that your eyes won’t pop out). I have to use my hands to hold my eyelids up, but then snot and spit flies everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-eyes/213743/3 "2003-11-17T22:33:19Z")
ahh. maybe the ancient less intelligent people mistook the snot for eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-and-eyes/213743/4 "2003-11-17T23:37:19Z")
I’ve managed to keep my eyes open when sneezing (I was driving at the time) my palette [sp?] ie the roof of my mouth was a bit sore after, but I don’t know if that was because I kept my eyes open or not