What is the reason why humans don’t sneeze while sleeping?

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We cough in our sleep and both sneezing and coughing are involuntary, so why wouldn’t we also sneeze?

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The body self paralyzes it’s musculature, including the musculature for sneezing and coughing, during REM (dreaming) deep sleep. People actually don’t cough or sneeze during deep sleep. People can, and do, cough and sneeze during lighter stages of sleep.

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