Allergic to the sun?

Okay, I have this wierd thing where if I look directly at the sun it makes me sneeze! :eh: Just wondering if anyone else gets this too..

I know, kinda random huh? purplemonkeydishwasher! :D

Hmm... that doesn't happen to me... but I HAVE heard a few other people complaining about that, so you aren't the only one that happens to.

woah thats odd lol 1st time ive ehard of it O.

Phew. Is there a support group? hehehe j/k :icon6:

[QUOTE=Exclamatio]woah thats odd lol 1st time ive ehard of it O.

Lol that happen's to me sometime's, probably a scientific reason for it.

just found one.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...0242.Me.r.html

where the "word" ACHOO come's from.

"About one out of four people are "photic" sneezers, meaning that they sneeze when exposed to bright light. Geneticists have a name for this phenomenon. It's called Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst syndrome - or ACHOO!"

well i never knew that.

Nice find [ka0s].

Craziness to the max.

Interesting indeed, however generally I would say that looking directly into the sun burns your retinas and causes blindness, so it's not really advised to 'test' the theory lol.

it has to do with your optical nerves i sneeze also if i go out in the sun

Happens to alot of people tbh.

NoPeace - out

Never heard of being allergic to the sun. If you were you would break out in hives and could not stay outside.

I have heard of someone being allergic to water. There is 2 out of the 6billion+ people in the entire world, that have been reported to have cases of being allergic to water. They do not go outside when it rains obviously.

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Originally Posted by Rage

Interesting indeed, however generally I would say that looking directly into the sun burns your retinas and causes blindness, so it's not really advised to 'test' the theory lol.

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Yeah but it doesn't take an hour to do :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Purplepill

Never heard of being allergic to the sun. If you were you would break out in hives and could not stay outside.

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http://www.johnbowman.net/paper/vampire.php

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A recent explanation, one that has won much popular appeal, proposes that vampires were sufferers of a rare form of a genetic disease called porphyria, a disorder affecting synthesis of hemoglobin. The form of this disease associated with vampirism is congenital erythropoietic porphyria. Its symptoms include protruding teeth and sensitivity of the skin to sunlight, resulting in blisters and scarring

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Took me a while to find a decent source for this, couldn't remember the scientific name :P

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Originally Posted by NoPeace

Happens to alot of people tbh.

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I just thought it was wierd 'cause I've never seen anyone else do it, I guess :)

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Originally Posted by NoPeace

Happens to alot of people tbh.

NoPeace - out

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Yep :) I knew a kid that rode my bus that was.. what a bummer for him

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Originally Posted by Purplepill

Never heard of being allergic to the sun. If you were you would break out in hives and could not stay outside.

I have heard of someone being allergic to water. There is 2 out of the 6billion+ people in the entire world, that have been reported to have cases of being allergic to water. They do not go outside when it rains obviously.

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my skin reacts horribly with water lol

i doubt im allergic or if i am its not a lot

but if i get wet i itch like a bastard its extremely annoying

i never took notice of weather this happened to me - but i thought if anyone looked at the sun it made them sneeze

lol i think im like the only whos never heard of this i seriously need 2 get out more