Why do we close our eyes when we sneeze?
In: Biology
Lol you absolutely cannot sneeze your eyeballs out. I suggest doing a quick Google search to find more trustworthy answers like [this](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/32108-why-do-my-eyes-close-when-i-sneeze.html) article.
So we don’t blow our eyeballs out of their socket. Closing your eyes when you sneeze is an automatic reaction to protect you from this. Or at least that’s what I was told. Probably wrong tho, probably has more to do with Germs or why our our legs kick when a doctor does a reflex test.
It’s a simple reflex, but there is no definitive answer as to what function it serves.
Could be to keep expelled particles from entering the eye, to keep contaminated mucus from traveling through the tear duct into the eye, to protect your eyes from being scratched during the involuntary movements of a sneeze, etc.
It is definitely NOT to keep your eyes from popping out.
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