# Stopping sneezes the old fashioned way

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 24, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527 "2023-05-24T17:06:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527/21 "2023-05-25T13:40:45Z")

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For me, it’s only if a sneeze is coming on. My wife, however, sneezes at any change into bright light. A gal I knew in college was very susceptible to photic sneeze reflex; it really complicated a traffic stop where the cop insisted on shining his bright flashlight in her face, and she couldn’t stop sneezing to answer his questions.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527/22 "2023-05-25T14:09:58Z")

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I have stopped sneezes by putting a finger or tissue under my nose, or by squeezing my nostrils shut because it stops irritants from getting further up my nose and triggering a sneeze I wouldn’t be able to stop. But I do need to blow my nose to get what it is out or there will be a sneeze eventually.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527/23 "2023-05-25T20:08:44Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> It mostly worked, but anybody seeing it would have thought I was having a seizure.

A Sneezure???

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527/24 "2023-05-25T20:13:45Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> A Sneezure???

Nice!

😆 👍

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-sneezes-the-old-fashioned-way/984527/25 "2023-05-26T02:14:45Z")

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Very clever. 🙂

Please squeeze the sneeze to ease (or freeze) the breeze?

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