Interesting question.

I found the below article under Sneeze/Nausea connection- A Moof Tale

Updated March 20, 2007

The Sneeze/Nausea posts I made last year: (The Sneeze/Nausea Connection and The Sneeze/Nausea Connection - Redux) continue to gather more comments - and more information. Not a week goes by that I don’t hear from someone who is plagued by (or knows someone who suffers from) this intriguing phenomenon.

Some of the data provided by sufferers of SAN (also affectionately known as SNAUSEA ;o), seem to indicate some sort of correlation - be it in the types of medications taken or in the medical histories, but the fact that there are those who apparently have no medical history suggests that this enigma begs for a closer look …

Is it, as a few physicians, have tentatively offered: a stimulated vagus nerve? If so, then stimulated by what? Could it be a response to the chemical components of certain medications? If so - which category of drugs is causing the problem? Could it be, instead, a medical condition causing the problem? Quite a few of the respondents suffer from hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia … is that causing the nausea? Or could it be that whatever is causing the medical condition is also causing the nausea?

I’m calling on all of my medically savvy readers to ponder on this one a bit. There are more Snausea sufferers out there than you’re aware of - and it’s more of a problem than you realize. This is a very unpleasant symptom, which happens without warning, can be quite violent, and can actually end in vomiting. Under any circumstances, sudden, violent nausea should be a concern - even if it’s relieved by sneezing. The mere social implications are jarring … never mind the ongoing personal discomfort of those who experience the phenomenon.

Hearing from you - with your ideas and suggestions - would be great! Asking your patients if they experience this sort of thing - would be even more helpful …

Do we have any new “Sneeze Associated Nausea” sufferers out there? How about someone who’s already sent us a bit of a history, but who has an update - or more complete information? We’re waiting to hear from you.

Also - if you have any unusual reactions associated with sneezing, please let us know! When you read the comments pasted in below, you’ll see that there are some rather varied affects reported - one person even wrote about a mate who sneezes when he becomes aroused … that might get a bit annoying after a while …

http://moof.blogsplot.net/2007/03/20/sneeze_nausea...

The article below will explain the connection between nausea and hunger.

http://www.myfooddiary.com/resources/ask_the_exper...

Now a correlation and explanation of the total picture.

Basically, a synopsis of the two above articles. Nausea is one of the symptoms or signals of hunger esp when you don't listen to your body signals- i.e., to eat on time. This nauseous feeling is due to the stimulation of the vagus nerve which is located on the left side of the neck. And the sneezing mechanism comes on as a compensatory mechanism of the body to relieve the nausea or vomiting.

Interesting question, indeed as this explains to what has been my experience. i have GERD. Everytime, i take my horse size pills; I get very , very nauseous. It gets so bad that sometimes; I actually vomit. But before I vomit, somehow, I start sneezing.

Thank you for bringing this interesting phenomenon to my attention. Because of your question, i researched a lot of materials before i come to this conclusion. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who goes thru this agonizing ;annoying experience. Sometimes, by understanding helps in the coping mechanism.

Hope this helps you as it helped me. Again, thank you for bringing this up to my attention and understanding!!!!