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Why do we sneeze when it is cold?

Even though there is no dust around, why do we sneeze if weather is cold?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Cold weather and, specifically, cold air causes de mucociliar aparatus to paralize, leading to acumulation of particles and increases in mucus production, wich causes nasal irritation and therefore sneezing.

  • 1 decade ago

    the nose starts it some bugers keeping the cold and several viruses out similar to when you got a flu or coagh, flem, or a fever. when the nosed or sometimes the mouth gets iritated enough you sneeze! also when you sneeze your body ceases to function for an instant

  • 1 decade ago

    I sneeze just as much when it's cold as when it's hot...so...because there's something in our nose that our body wants to get out...

  • Tony T
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    1 decade ago

    The nerves in the air passage are sensitive to a lot of different things. Cold is just one of them. There is chemical stimulation, bright lights, pepper and etc.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Your nasal passages are particularly suseptible to germs. Your body is trying to expell those germs before they can get into your body via your nose.

  • 1 decade ago

    hey its coz of hypersensitivity

  • 1 decade ago

    we sneeze when there is germs and germs live in cold

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