WHY DO WE CLOSE OUR EYES WHEN WE SNEEZE??

I actually dont close my eyes when i sneeze, I also am in oddity in the fact I rarely sneeze just once, i usually range anywhere between 3-8, my highest being 14 in a row. I also sneeze like a kitty, which is funny to hear, exspecially since my brother who is 12 sneezes the SAME way, so im sure he gets joked on for it, cuz i did... i think its cute. :)

Well if you didn't your eyes would pop out. That is 100% true.

So that you dont see the other peoples who are standing nearby you reaction.

Its natural ... u can never keep them open while sneezing...

you close your eyes when you sneeze because the pressure will blow your eyes out of your head.

to protect eyes from germs

Not just the eyes, even our heart stops while sneezing

Actually, no one really knows. "It is unclear, but scientists theorize that we close our eyes to protect them. We may be protecting our eyes from microorganisms and particles from our sneezes," said Dr. Bonnie Henderson, director of comprehensive ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. But it could also be simply because a sneeze is a kind of body-wide reflex in which a lot of muscles contract, not just in the nose and throat, but also those in the diaphragm, the abdomen, thighs, back, even sphincters (which is why some people with stress incontinence may urinate slightly when they sneeze). Researchers aren't sure exactly why the sneeze reflex happens, but whatever neurological message tells the eyes to close probably comes from a primitive part of the brain called the medulla oblongata in the brain stem, Henderson said. And it's not just an irritation in the nose that can trigger a sneeze; some people, probably because of genetics, have a photic reflex, which makes them sneeze in response to sudden, bright light. And in case you were wondering about that old wives' tale about the heart skipping a beat when you sneeze, rest assured: It doesn't, though it may pause for a fraction of a second before resuming its normal rhythm, said Dr. Thomas Graboys, director of the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation in Boston. That pause is believed to occur due to a change in intra-thoracic pressure, or pressure in the chest, when you sneeze. That pressure may stimulate the vagus nerve, which in turn slows the heart rate down for a brief moment. This is not dangerous, Graboys noted. But it's believed that people began saying "God bless you" when a person sneezes because they believed that, in that brief moment, you were between heaven and hell, and, if you were blessed, you'd be saved from damnation. Judy Foreman is Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an affiliated scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.

To avoid germs from getting into our eyes. eyes are very sensitive and intelligent.

it's a nateraul reacation your body is protecting them

so we don't get germs in our eyes?

Someone once told me that if you didn't, your eyes would pop out of your head. Not a pretty thing to see.

Well, I think its beacause of our involuntary muscle in our face that makes or automatically closes our eyes ones we sneeze.

So that we don't have to see the squirt of snot; and don't have to see the looks on the face of others staring at the ugliness of it all.

I think it has something to do with the force, thats the only thing I can think of