Sexy thoughts may make people sneeze
13 January 2009
Those on the dating scene may want to consider the fact that sneezing could indicate that a person is thinking about sex.
That is according to research by the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, which has found that sneezing can be triggered by sexual fantasies in some people.
An ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist decided to launch the study after noticing a patient who had sneezing fits every time he had a sexual thought.
The study, recorded in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, was undertaken by ENT specialist Dr Mahmood Bhutta and Dr Harold Maxwell, a retired consultant psychiatrist.
After researching the phenomenon on Google, both doctors found 17 people sneezed as they thought about sex and three people had sneezed after orgasm.
Dr Bhutta and Dr Maxwell concluded: "Although internet reports do not give us an accurate incidence of these phenomena, our findings do suggest that it is much more common than recognised."
Neuroscientist Larry Young recently suggested that Oxytocin spray could be used as a love potion.
