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Page last updated at 14:51 GMT, Friday, 19 December 2008
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Sneezing 'can be sign of arousal'
Man sneezing
Feeling sexy?
A simple sneeze may be a tell-tale sign of sexual arousal for a select few, research suggests.
Two British doctors investigated the phenomenon after reading of a middle-aged patient who had uncontrollable sneezing fits when he thought of sex.
They unearthed evidence, via internet chat rooms, of 17 others - of both sexes - with the same problem.
The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine study suggests it may be down to a mix-up in brain circuitry.
The researchers, Dr Mahmood Bhutta and Dr Harold Maxwell, also uncovered three people who claimed to sneeze after orgasm.
Dr Bhutta, a specialist in ear, nose and throat medicine at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, said the phenomenon could be more widespread than thought and might even be inherited.