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by Paul Conneally | December 19, 2008 at 11:35 pm
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When someone sneezes we usually assume that the sneezer has a cold or an allergy but a doctor in Oxford reports that it could be due to them having a sexual fantasy.
The supposition comes after he treated a patient that suffered uncontrollable sneezing every time they had a sexual thought and further research showing that this was not as uncommon as at first suspected.
One might winder how or if this might link in to the old rumour that 8 sneezes in a row equals an orgasm.
The next time someone in the room sneezes, you might want to wonder what exactly is on their mind after researchers found evidence that in certain people sneezing can be triggered by sexual fantasy.
Dr Mahmood Bhutta, an ear, nose and throat specialist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, launched the study after seeing a patient who suffered "uncontrollable" sneezing fits every time he had a sexual thought.
"We thought this unusual and performed a literature search of the topic," he wrote in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Together with colleague Dr Harold Maxwell, Dr Bhutta found that typing the words "sex", "sneeze" or "sneezing" into Google produced a surprising number of hits.
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at 09:10 on December 20th, 2008
Poor Guy, With all that sneezing he may turn off his companion...
at 13:54 on December 20th, 2008
Wow, I've never heard of this - what about in cold season though? Now I am going to be suspicious of everyone around me who sneezes!
at 02:21 on December 21st, 2008
Well there is also the rumour that 8 sneezes in a row equals an orgasm.....
at 08:05 on December 21st, 2008
So three sneeze in a row gives me always the feeling of a happy dood day, four sneezes is a good weekend, five sneeze is for a nice week and once i reached the seven sneezes and i got a good month.
Sorry to say, but i never reached the eight sneezes so i can not confirm is it is true.
at 20:58 on December 20th, 2008
Well, that puts a whole new perspective on sneezing.
at 08:01 on December 21st, 2008
Wow, i'm sneezing a lot. Never new what i was thinking about.
Great resarch.
at 08:45 on December 22nd, 2008
This is interesting. I agree with Amy's comments above.
at 11:55 on December 23rd, 2008
AAaaaaah Choooo!