Have you ever sneezing with your eyes open? This is perhaps something which even the majority of people do not think about. Sneezing is something which often happens suddenly when our boy reacts to something but how can we also instantly close the eyes during this process. There is quite a popular myth which said that the eye balls will take off if someone is sneezing with their eyes open. Is that really true? Let’s know more about sneezing process and find out the answer why automatically shut our eyes when we sneeze.
Sneezing is such kind of reaction when the body try to protect the nasal cavity from strange particles which enter it. The air is forced to leave the lungs, and the brain stimulates the muscle to make contraction from the esophagus to the sphincter. This stimulation also involves the muscles which manage the eyelids. That’s why there are also some people who make teardrops when sneezing.
From a number of sources, the balls will not easily take of when people sneezing with their eyes open. However, sneezing with eyes opening also is not a normal thing.
Nose and eyes are connected by a nerve called cranial. This nerve will stimulate the eyes to close when people sneeze through their brain. Meanwhile, the brain will force the eyelids to close when sneezing in reflect way.
Numerous people even do not know that closing the eyes during the sneezing process offer some benefits. When you are sneezing, about 5 thousands of droplets of mucus and air with the speed up to 100 mph or 160 kph leaves the mucosa hole. Besides the nerves connection between nose and eyes, shutting the eyes also will protect them from the mucus and bacteria which brought outside. This is something which we do not even realize for long time.
As the majority people know, sneezing occurs involuntary. People commonly sneeze due to reactions to irritants which has a contact with the nasal mucosa so it triggers the trigeminal nerve which transfer the signal that end in the part beneath the brain called medulla. The chest will expand, the lungs will be filled with air, and then you will sneeze. People might close the eyelids when they sneeze out in order to prevent the bacteria move to the eyes. Another reason is the eyes will close if the muscles in eye area tighten during sneezing process.
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