• Question: when you sneeze why do people close their eyes?

    Asked by shamail575 to Claire, Joanna, Kapila, Renata, Suzanne on 17 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Claire El Mouden

      Claire El Mouden answered on 17 Jun 2013:

      I think it’s because if you didn’t the pressure of the sneeze could damage your eyes….our body is great at automatically making us do things to help protect our eyes…like making us blink if we hear a sudden noise.

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