Why don't people sneeze in their sleep

Few people think about why even severely ill people never sneeze in their sleep. We can shake the apartment with a series of mighty sneezes, but once we fall asleep, everything stops. A neurologist can tell you why this happens. The doctor of the clinic "Personal Doctor" Juliana Belova knows the answer to this question.

To discuss this phenomenon, you first need to figure out why people sneeze. The neurologist says that sneezing is a sharp and involuntary reflex exhalation. It occurs simultaneously through the nose and mouth, and occurs as a result of irritation of the nasal mucosa.

But this definition does not answer the question that concerns us. Therefore, Dr. Belova explained the mechanism of sneezing from the point of view of our body. That sharp reflex exhalation occurs as follows:

Only after this difficult process, a person exhales sharply, that is, sneezes. As you have already understood, many body systems are involved in such a simple action. All of them need management, for which the nervous system is responsible. But everyone knows that this system rests when we sleep. And this means that there is simply no one to give the command to sneeze at this time.

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