• Question: If you sneeze with your eyes open will they pop out?

    Asked by anon-187845 to Stewart, Miriam, Marton, Laura, Kathryn, David on 12 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Stewart Martin-Haugh

      Stewart Martin-Haugh answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      Proof in gif form (not me, obviously):

      Sneezing with your eyes open

      The reason it doesn’t cause any problems is that the sneeze comes out your nose and your nasal pathways are not connected to the eyes. Also, if you think about it – your eyelids are not that strong, and probably wouldn’t prevent your eyes popping out anyway.

    • Photo: Kathryn Coldham

      Kathryn Coldham answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      What a great question! I don’t think they would as the force from a single sneeze probably wouldn’t be big enough and your eyes are well-attached to their sockets. So I think you’d need a really, really, really, really, really big sneeze for that two happen – probably too large of a sneeze for a person to make 🙂

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