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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

You've also got the hormonal rhinitis, which is women might experience that when they have high estrogen levels.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Maybe if you're pregnant or you're on the pill or you're going through puberty, you might have some sort of run on sneezing episodes.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

There's drug-induced rhinitis.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

There's certain drugs that have been identified.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Mushrooms will make you sneeze.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Apparently, I'm guessing that โ€“ I didn't see this anywhere, but this is an educated guess.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Tell me if you think it sounds convincing.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Those drugs probably stimulate your mast cells to release histamines.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And that's just basically almost like a phantom allergen.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

That's what I'm going with.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

But apparently NSAIDs, beta blockers, and some antihypertensive drugs are the ones that are known drug-induced rhinitis sternitatories.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

If you are of advanced age, you might have what's called geriatric rhinitis, which is when those submucosal glands atrophy, and that means your nose can get really irritated and you might sneeze a lot.