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PubMed1976

'Sneeze syncope', basilar invagination and Arnold-Chiari type I malformation.

Syncope precipitated by sneezing in an adult male associated with an Arnold-Chiari type I malformation and basilar invagination presents a clinical problem in the differential diagnosis and pathological anatomy of Valsalva-related syncope. An abnormally acute clivoaxial angle, small foramen magnum, and type I Arnold-Chiari malformation appear to be a combination of features intolerant of Valsalva-induced changes in cerebral volume, brain-stem position, CSF fluid dynamics, or blood vessel relationships. Proposed mechanisms of pressure transmission to the area of intracranial pathology are discussed.

Adult↗

PubMed1999

Transient ischaemic attacks related to carotid stenosis precipitated by straining, bending, and sneezing.

Three patients are described in whom one or more carotid territory transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) were preceded by sneezing, straining, or bending over. It is argued that the mechanism involved dislodgment of embolic material from the site of carotid atheroma. This mechanism should be considered as an alternative to paradoxical embolism when TIAs are precipitated by such physiological manoeuvres. Furthermore, TIAs should be added to the list of medical hazards associated with such events.

Carotid Stenosis↗

PubMed1985

Sneezing on exposure to bright light as an inherited response.

Sneezing in response to bright light has been found in 25% of a sample of the British population, and pedigrees are compatible with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. The mechanism of the response is discussed.

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Effects of nasal capsaicin pretreatment and cryosurgery on sneezing reflexes, neurogenic plasma extravasation, sensory and sympathetic neurons.

Local and systemic capsaicin pretreatment as well cryosurgery induced a long-lasting loss of sensory substance P-immunoreactive nerves in the guinea-pig nasal mucosa. In addition, cryosurgery caused a loss of noradrenergic sympathetic nerves, sclerosis of blood vessels, epithelial damage and fibrosis of the mucosa. The sneezing response to local application of capsaicin--but not that to nicotine--was reduced or abolished by capsaicin pretreatment and cryosurgery, while the response to tactile stimulation was unaffected. These effects were long-lasting and still present 2 months after treatment. Local capsaicin pretreatment of the nasal mucosa had no effects on the substance P levels or the Evans Blue extravasation response to i.v. capsaicin in the ureter, indicating that this treatment has no systemic effects on other afferent SP-neurons. It is suggested that local capsaicin pretreatment is a more selective and less traumatic method than cryosurgery to induce a long-lasting desensitization of the nasal mucosa to chemical irritants in hyperreactive disorders of the nose.

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PubMed1992

Sneezing as a cause of acute angle-closure glaucoma.

We report the case of a patient who had an attack of acute angle-closure glaucoma precipitated by sneezing, probably as a result of a sudden increase in venous back pressure. This young woman had a history of allergic sinusitis.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed1986

Intractable sneezing with a specific psychogenic origin.

A case of intractable sneezing due to a specific psychogenic cause is described. Identification of the cause led to resolution of the symptoms which had not otherwise responded to maximum pharmacologic intervention.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1993

Effect of vasoconstrictor pre-treatment on obstruction, secretion and sneezing after nasal challenge with threshold and suprathreshold allergen doses.

Acute nasal allergen challenge produces airway obstruction which varies in amount and timing with the allergen dose delivered. To see whether different mechanisms might contribute variably to mucosal swelling with different amounts of allergen, we challenged sensitive volunteers with threshold and 10-times threshold allergen doses, with and without topical vasoconstrictor pre-treatment. The vasoconstrictor effectively eliminated obstruction at both allergen dose levels, suggesting that acute vascular changes were responsible for all the measurable obstruction seen with acute allergen provocation. Alpha-adrenergic vasoconstrictor pre-treatment was associated with increased weight of secretion and numbers of sneezes.

Administration, Intranasal↗

PubMed1983

Veratrum alkaloids in sneezing-powder a potential danger.

Sneezing-powders containing pulverized root of veratrum album (white hellebore) have recently been marketed in the Scandinavian countries. The powder, imported from the Federal Republic of Germany, has caused severe intoxications.

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PubMed1957