Big Question: What inside/outside influences cause sneezing?

By: April Kim5C

• What is sneezing?• What causes sneezing?• What is hay fever?• Symptoms of hay fever• Respiratory system• How to prevent hay fever• Summary & Bibliography• Thank You!!

Sneezing actually helps the nose and the body. Why? That is because it sends all the tickling or irritating parts in your nose, flying out of your nostril. Seems gross, but sneezing is an amazing process. The nerves in your nose send a message to a part of the brain called the sneeze center. Then, the sneeze center sends a message to all the muscles that work together to form a sneeze. Some of the muscles are: abdominal, chest, and diaphragm muscles, just to name a few. Oh! And also the eyelid muscles. You always close you eyes when sneezing. Sneeze is also called sternutation.

• Dust• Pepper• Common cold• Light (people who sneeze by light are

called photic sneezers)• Pollen• Allergy• Mold• Animal fur• Smoke• Inhaling fine powders such as perfume

When you are reading this title, you might be thinking, Oh! Is Hay fever a fever caused by hay? Definitely NO! Hay fever actually has nothing to do with hay. Hay fever is when you have a runny and itchy nose and eyes. You start to sneeze when you have an itchy nose. Hay fever is when pollen lodges in your nose. Hay fever causes sneezing externally.

• Coughing• Headache• Itchy nose, mouth, eyes, and throat• Sneeze• Stuffy nose• Watery eyes• Wheeze

• Air in lungs fume out from nose and mouth• Sometimes can travel up to more than 100

miles per hour!• You take a breath before you actually sneeze

• In summer, it is best to keep windows closed to avoid pollen

• Less drinking (alcohol)• Antihistamine• Take a shower• Comb your hair

• Sneezing is mostly caused externally• Hay fever is an illness that can cause someone to sneeze symptoms

are itchy nose, ears, red eyes• Respiratory System is most involved in sneezing• Muscles involved are abdominal, diaphragm, eyelid, and chest muscles• Treatments and preventions are antihistamine, take a quick shower

drink less alcohol• Outside influences are things such as pollen, dust, or pepper• Inside influences are affected by the respiratory system

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