Why do we only sneeze when we are awake?

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I’m sick in bed. I can sleep 8 hours without sneezing at all but as soon as I wake up my sneezing machine turns on and I can’t stop it for a while. Just wondering why I can’t distribute my sneezes during the night.

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The part of your brain that causes you to sneeze (and cough) is shut down at night. Presumably this is so you don’t wake yourself up or asfixiate by sneezing or coughing up something into your throat that you can’t deal with because you’re asleep (and potentially on your back)

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