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Bocey
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Posted 1/26/2019 9:08 AM (GMT -8)
i had my gallbladder removed in 2010 and this nausea and sneezing began in 2016, so no relation to gallstones. I start to get nauseous and feel like I might need to throw up, then I sneeze and am fine. It doesn’t happen daily or on any regular schedule. I hadn’t paid a whole lot of attention to time of day or whether I have eaten or not until recently. The last few times that it’s happened is in the morning before eating. I will continue to monitor time of day and whether or not I have or haven’t eaten. If anyone figures out the reason, I would be so happy to hear what causes this.
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Kniseone
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Posted 3/22/2019 5:01 AM (GMT -8)
I've just started experiencing this issue! Sudden onset of severe nausea followed by sneezing.I am a firefighter/paramedic so I was leaning towards heart trouble or the vagus nerve. Saw these posts and am now wondering if it isn't gall bladder related. I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis so I have an underactive thyroid. I take meds in the morning on an empty stomach but lately I've been getting nausea on the way to work. I've had to pull over to vomit a couple times. Then a sudden sneeze and it goes away. So odd.
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JackAttack70
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Posted 7/30/2019 1:59 AM (GMT -8)
I recently had laparoscopic surgery to fix an inguinal hernia, and afterwards, I started having the same nausea followed by sneezing everyone else has been describing. I am 16 and every time I mention this to my parents, they brush it off like I don’t know what I am talking about. I also have digestive problems that are most likely related to acid reflux. I have no clue what started this, and have tried changing my diet many times within the past 6 months to fix it with no avail. If anyone has any information on this, please add to the thread.
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Talinser
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Posted 8/13/2019 10:58 AM (GMT -8)
Not sure if this is going to help any of us but. I read a post about this being the possible cause. I too have this condition. I am thankful the sneezing gets rid of it or we would suffer something severe.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve
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Tamara B
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Posted 11/3/2019 3:46 PM (GMT -8)


I've had this condition for a few months now. Today is 11/3/19. I experience becoming extremely nauseous which is instantly relieved following 1-2 sneezes. My experience is worse first thing in the morning however, this occassionally occurs periodically throughout my day. I suffer with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), have asthma, environmental allergies, back problems and gastrointestinal issues which I'm seeing a Gastroenterologist for. Despite numerous medical testing being conducted all test have come back normal for now so I have no idea what may be causing or contributing to my symptoms and issues of this nausea/ sneezing syndrome. I'm a prior medical professional with 12yrs of experience in the medical field including various departments & specialties. I still hold numerous of my medical certifications and despite this I'm too embarrassed to inform any of my doctors or specialists about this nausea/ sneezing syndrome because I know I'd get the strange look/reaction that many on this forum have described receiving from their doctors. Also no one wants to be that patient. The crazy patient.
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Drapine
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Posted 12/31/2019 3:03 AM (GMT -8)
Hey guys,
Just found this thread through Google. I have been getting the nauseous sneeze for about 2 years now. Big difference is, in comparison to other posts here, I don't get it randomly. Usually, only when I'm already nauseated, for example when I have a hangover or am motion sick, etc. The nausea increases a bit/makes me wanna throw up, sometimes I cough, then the sneeze, which seems to relieve me from my nausea in general for a while, before it comes back a bit later. I never really thought it might be something negative, since it seemed to help me be less sick.
I'm 23, have IBS, scoliosis, eat healthy, move lots, but smoke and drink a bit too often. No issues with my gallbladder, as far as I know, but am very prone to throwing up. As a kid, even sleeping too little could send me into a fit of puking.
I do notice lots of people here mentioning low blood sugar (or having it before breakfast). Maybe that's where my throwing up correlates?
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johnnyrod
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Posted 2/1/2020 4:33 AM (GMT -8)
I´ve been having this for a few years now. Sudden nausea and then a quick sneeze. Then it´s over.
Probably lasts less that a minute in total and seems to come out of nowhere. I do not have IBS but I recently had surgery to remove a carcinoma from my large intestine. I also have HepC although it is a very low range that my doctor is not very worried about. I take medicine for high blood pressure. Really surprised to find out that there are others with the same symptoms.
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Ecobb83
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Posted 3/7/2020 8:16 AM (GMT -8)
It's silent reflux. 👌 I've done tons of research on this. I don't have any of the issues any of you have, but I have silent reflux. You won't know you have it unless you look into the symptoms bc you don't get acid coming up into your mouth like normal reflux, it only goes up and down your esophagus causing damage. Untreated it turns into Barrett's Esophagus, and causes dysphagia. The nausea followed by sneezing is coming from a vagal issue due to damage from the reflux.
My only advice would be to get an endoscopy. 🤷
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AllyEss
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Posted 3/8/2020 6:09 PM (GMT -8)
I've dealt with this issue for several years also. I have gastritis and reflux but have always been on medication for it. Also, IBD, FMS.
For me, it seems to be when I'm really hungry and exerting myself. I get super nauseous and when I think I'm about to puke, i cough/gag a bit, followed by exactly 2 sneezes. Then the nausea is gone, for the time being.
I've researched for a while and feel this is the most logical explanation (from Medicine Net, :
"The Vagus Nerve
One theory above all others has become at least the predominant theory as to how these two body reactions may be tied together. Regardless of the initial cause of the nausea, some doctors now believe that gastritis is the start of the problem. A person develops gastritis for any number of reasons. Gastritis generates stomach acid, which in turn can lead to acid reflux. The acid reflux irritates the Vagus nerve, the central nerve to many of the digestive organs, as well as the throat and mucus membrane
. When acid irritates this nerve, it presents the feeling of nausea to the patient. But because the mucus membrane is also irritated, and is the most sensitive of all the organs served by the Vagus nerve, it causes the person to sneeze to relieve the irritation of the Vagus nerve

. The person then feels fine. The sneeze also increases chest pressure, which restricts stomach acid and acid reflux."

This happens to me nearly everyday. 🙄🤷
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KIMBON83
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Posted 3/15/2020 2:57 PM (GMT -8)
It's so nice to see other people going through the same thing, I mean, sorry, it sucks, but, yea. I'm 36 had my gall bladder removed in 95, real bad acid reflux after my last pregnancy in 07. I can tell the difference between the need to to really vomit and this torture before a flippin SNEEZE! I too read about the ¿Vagas? thing that connect the gastrointestinal and the nose and when it's irritated it causes this. I guess there's not really much to do about it. Just nice to know this is one thing I can mark off my weird list. 😁
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KiAus
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Posted 4/24/2020 12:46 PM (GMT -8)
I had a gastric sleeve 7 weeks ago, the last 3 weeks I get sudden onset of nausea followed by sneezing then it all goes away... Does anyone else have this problem? I used to have reflux but no longer, my hiatus hernia was repaired during the gastric sleeve so I am at a loss

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Wirebender
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Posted 5/12/2020 10:05 AM (GMT -8)
I have had this for about 40 years. I start feeling so sick, and once I sneeze, I feel fine. I don't have gastric issues that I know of and no gall bladder issues. I do not have the symptoms of silent reflux, except I have always had sinus swelling. I do not take any medications. I am 67, and guess I will have to keep living with this. Nice to know that others have experienced this, when I have mentioned to people, nobody can relate.
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Whitterkins
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Posted 6/1/2020 2:05 PM (GMT -8)
Hello,

I also have this. I also tend to get nauseous and sneeze when I am getting busy if you know what I mean.

All the research I have done indicates that this phenomenon is related to the vagus nerve.

Lots of suggestions that this is related to acid reflux, heartburn and gastritis.
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Tearz099
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Posted 9/4/2020 1:28 AM (GMT -8)

@lvsells said...
I have recently started experiencing this symptom. I have been diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) and thought it was related to fluid retention; but that doesn't mesh with anyone else's experience or diagnosis. It is comforting to know others are having this symptom, but of course there is NO comfort in fact that no one has answers, further details or diagnosis. I'll keep watching thread and will post any additional information I obtain to help us with understanding & treatment.

How did you learn about your CHF/ get tested for it? Been having weird heart attack like symptoms recently and no doctor has any answers and say I'm too young. I also have this sneeze like thing, and the common denominator in this thread seems to be reflux or throat gland swelling + mucus. I've had it for about 3 years and before the sneeze I feel nauseous and like my stomach is getting hotter and some 'swelling?' behind my eyes and sometimes my muscles or body shake but not all the time and i'm also pretty thin so that could be causing the shakiness anyway. I'm almost positive this is due to reflux, I'm going to hopefully get LINX surgery soon to help my GERD so I'll update after that and let you know if I still get these attacks.
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MsTallTexan
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Posted 10/8/2020 12:36 PM (GMT -8)
I too have nausea then am relieved by the quick sneeze. For me, the funny thing is, I've been really super nauseated the past 8 months and taking Zofran. Recently went for an ultrasound of my stomach and they found gallstones. I'm also scheduled for an endoscopy on the 19th, so anxiously awaiting to have that done and see if there's any more to it. I've also been taking g pepcid for several years now. Additional diagnoses include hashimoto's thyroiditis. I will keep you posted once I receive my results. Until then peace love and healing to All.
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Amagical1
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Posted 11/18/2020 7:22 AM (GMT -8)
I guess I’m the odd one, I sneeze, then severe nausea begins! Today I took a small drink of water and that seemed to help. This only happens once in a while, not every time I sneeze.
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Sarak32
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Posted 11/30/2020 11:32 AM (GMT -8)

Tearz099 said...

@lvsells said...
I have recently started experiencing this symptom. I have been diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) and thought it was related to fluid retention; but that doesn't mesh with anyone else's experience or diagnosis. It is comforting to know others are having this symptom, but of course there is NO comfort in fact that no one has answers, further details or diagnosis. I'll keep watching thread and will post any additional information I obtain to help us with understanding & treatment.

How did you learn about your CHF/ get tested for it? Been having weird heart attack like symptoms recently and no doctor has any answers and say I'm too young. I also have this sneeze like thing, and the common denominator in this thread seems to be reflux or throat gland swelling + mucus. I've had it for about 3 years and before the sneeze I feel nauseous and like my stomach is getting hotter and some 'swelling?' behind my eyes and sometimes my muscles or body shake but not all the time and i'm also pretty thin so that could be causing the shakiness anyway. I'm almost positive this is due to reflux, I'm going to hopefully get LINX surgery soon to help my GERD so I'll update after that and let you know if I still get these attacks.


Have any of you managed to find out what the cause of this was mine has only started about 3 weeks ago, this awful wave of nausea and then need to sneeze after I sneeze the nausea completely disappears but the problem is I can't always sneeze so hard to explain it, but I have also been having these odd heart attack like symptoms chest pains and feeling sick, I am currently on 40mg nexium for acid reflux waiting to get an endoscopy to find out what is going on, can you maybe tell me what your outcome was Tearz099
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Vagusnerve
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Posted 12/27/2020 6:44 AM (GMT -8)
Glad to see my doctor isn’t the only dismissive one!

My nausea started when I wore braces and thought it was the latex in the elastic bands. Not the case.

I get the nausea feeling daily and can be from being too warm, too much exertion, hunger or drinking tea. Thought it was my diet and recently had a duodenal ulcer (no sign of reflux or ulcer until the blood in the stool). Had a gastroscopy which said the ulcer was healing and taking a PPI for the reflux. Interesting to read about silent reflux - must’ve been what happened to me to cause a weeping ulcer.

The retching or sneezing releases the nausea right away. Also, I find if I release any pressure along my stomach (eg: underwear) and pull any clothing off my waist line, I helps immediately too.
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Jewal
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Posted 1/30/2021 1:16 PM (GMT -8)
Yes me too
I get nausea in the morning
Tea will start it off but it happens without
Then I look for the toilet and the sneeze happens
Just before the sneeze my nose runs like a tap
But after the sneeze the nausea disappears.
It’s horrible.
I have gastritis
Had the runs for years
Maybe gall bladder next
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Grandma Maureen
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Posted 3/6/2021 6:33 PM (GMT -8)
Glad to know I am not the only person this happens to. In my 60s, no acid reflux problems. Still have gall bladder. Sudden onset of intense nausea with sensation of need to vomit. about 10-20 seconds later I sneeze - usually twice. I have learned to calm down and wait for the sneeze which completely eliminates the nausea. Doctors think I'm nuts, but sure would like to know the cause!
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G.O.
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Posted 5/4/2021 8:44 AM (GMT -8)
I have the same symptom of sudden nausea/sneezing, but the nausea usually sticks around. I found this site that explains the vagus nerve/stomach acid connection. My daughter (now grown) has always sneezed after eating/getting full. This isn't very well-understood but it happens to a lot of people!
https://healthfully.com/do-feel-nauseous-before-sneeze-8720975.html
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Shapesphere
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Posted 5/7/2021 9:16 PM (GMT -8)
hello everyone! i know it’s been a few years since the first post and replies, but there still isn’t much out there about our strange phenomenon! i’m 20 years old and also experience this unique sneeze. as someone said earlier, it has a concise yet very specific description. intense nausea out of nowhere, resolved with a sudden sneeze within seconds. although they’re just sneeze spells, each only being a few seconds long, i feel that this is too unique and specific to be overlooked. you know that feeling you get when a sneeze is coming; it doesn’t last long but you often have time to prepare with that initial inhale before going to the crook of your arm. when it comes to our shared episodes, the nausea occurs almost in replacement of that warning sneeze feeling. super weird! i am so intrigued by this occurrence and tend to only experience it when i first wake up after a night of drinking. i hope to find out the reason for this someday.
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Lacey B
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Posted 8/23/2021 9:25 AM (GMT -8)
Late reply - but wondering about maybe it's a side effect from a medication.
I get to where I feel nauseous and even a bit dizzy, then I sneeze, and I'm fine.

I take Metformin/Glucophage (which is prescribed to many for diabetes). I take it for PCOS (PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome). I've been getting the weird sneeze nausea ever since I've been on the medication. I've been on it for several years. I also get nauseous first thing in the morning if I don't eat something really small (like a handful of dry cereal typically helps).

Reading through the responses, I did see that someone had diabetes, which led me to think maybe it was the medication?
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Buhrenah
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Posted 9/2/2021 4:09 AM (GMT -8)
Oh my gosh. I FINALLY found any information at all about this weird condition.

Same as the rest, sudden onset of extreme nausea (I still don’t associate it with a sneeze- the doom of a rotavirus sets in) then a “machine gun” sneeze. I have several in quick succession, sometimes four or so, each starting before the previous was even completed, followed by not only physical but mental relief- not a rotavirus!

In addition to this, I have daily sneezing fits as a result of swallowed air. Drinking something too quickly or following taking vitamins, stuff like that. I have an urge to sneeze and will do so until this air is dislodged and I have a small expulsion of air through my mouth. It’s not really a burp to me, as getting this air out requires significant effort compared to the average belch.

I will often be doing side bends, twists, forward and back bends, weird slow motion belly dancing moves… this may take several minutes. All the while I’m stopping to sneeze. Sometimes the sneezes are so frequent that I have to pause the stretching until I get a break.

My husband can confirm that I’ve had sneezing fits that last for twenty five or more sneezes. There is little to no nausea with these episodes.

Having been unable to find any information about this phenomenon and yeah- the arrogant doctor response to a crazy person- I formulated my own theory. The swallowed air must have put pressure on my diaphragm and my body misinterpreted the unpleasantness. Kind of like a “wandering itch” (when your leg itches but when you scratch it, the itchy sensation is still there and it ends up being the back of your hip, for instance) but for your stomach and diaphragm.

It’s jus so flipping cool that I’m NOT crazy.
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Crashtna
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Posted 9/14/2021 6:10 AM (GMT -8)
Guys! I feel so close to you all. I am a 52 year old very healthy female. I have absolutely no medical issues and only take vitamins daily. This nauseated sneezing has been going on for about a year and I finally just decided to look it up and here we all are. We are not alone! If I get diagnosed with anything, I will be sure to provide an update. And gesundheit to us all! Although I did just think of something...not every sneeze is nauseated. I have regular tickled nose sneezing with no nausea.

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