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South Texas Girl Sneezes 12,000 Times A Day
CBS Dallas Fort Worth ^ | 10/6/2015 | staff

Posted on 10/06/2015 10:31:21 AM PDT by simpson96

SOUTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Katelyn Thornley, 12, started sneezing incessantly about a month ago – and hasn’t stopped.

Thornley said she sneezes up to 20 times a minute. That’s 12,000 a day. She can no longer attend school or play her clarinet in the school’s band.

“”It just started in little spurts. I just started sneezing. I thought it was like, oh I’m just allergic to something,” she said. “I’m constantly in pain with my abdomen, my legs are hurting because I’ve been weak and I can barely eat.”

Her sneezing ‘affliction’ came out of nowhere, according to Thornley. She’s seen six doctors so far and they have already ruled out allergies. They said she doesn’t have a virus and have no idea what’s causing the issue.

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1 posted on 10/06/2015 10:31:21 AM PDT by simpson96
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Poor, kid. Hope they can cure her...or else, they’ll go away on their own.


2 posted on 10/06/2015 10:34:24 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Those who know the least obey the best."- George Farquhar)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Some sort of auto-immune disorder if I were to hazard a guess.


3 posted on 10/06/2015 10:35:41 AM PDT by traderrob6
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I occasionally get sneezing fits where I will do easily a hundred in a row. It seems to be triggered by some little particle lodging itself in just the right spot, as I have learned the only way to stop it is to sneeze through the nose forcefully.


4 posted on 10/06/2015 10:36:23 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: simpson96

I have heard and read about people who actually die after sneezing for long periods of time.


5 posted on 10/06/2015 10:36:55 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: simpson96

I would normally try to be impish and joke about this, but this is no joke. When she stops sneezing, then we can make jokes about it.

There’s a Japanese poem, the gist of which is that the author hopes for the day he can look back on the misery he is experiencing now, and think of it fondly. That would be my hope for this girl.


6 posted on 10/06/2015 10:38:24 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: traderrob6

Tourettes?


7 posted on 10/06/2015 10:42:51 AM PDT by Mercat (You don't recommend better diet and exercise for a shark bite.)
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To: simpson96
Hey Katelyn. They say being scared cures the hiccups. Maybe it'll work for sneezing too.

 

Worth a try.

8 posted on 10/06/2015 10:42:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: simpson96

If she does not sneeze when she is asleep, it is psychosomatic.


9 posted on 10/06/2015 10:44:01 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Politicalkiddo

The person in the next cube over at work easily exceeds that.


10 posted on 10/06/2015 10:51:14 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: rjsimmon

Or, her sneezing is photic, which would also not occur during sleep (eyes closed, dark environment).


11 posted on 10/06/2015 10:54:11 AM PDT by Little Pig
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“The sneezing only stops when Katelyn falls asleep and she has to take Benadryl and listen to the Beatles for that to happen.”

Poor kid.


12 posted on 10/06/2015 11:10:47 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: simpson96
South Texas...allergic to illegals?
13 posted on 10/06/2015 11:15:39 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: simpson96

Fuzzy math. 20 times per minute is not 12,000 per day. It’s 28,800.


14 posted on 10/06/2015 11:32:51 AM PDT by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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"...and listen to the Beatles for that to happen."

Which album???

15 posted on 10/06/2015 11:39:23 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: petercooper

“Fuzzy math. 20 times per minute is not 12,000 per day. It’s 28,800.”

You are assuming she doesn’t sleep.


16 posted on 10/06/2015 11:50:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Jews For Cruz)
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To: rjsimmon

“...Which album??? ...”

Maybe something from Sgt. Pepper’s. Or “Ha, Chood” from the White Album I would think.


17 posted on 10/06/2015 11:58:30 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Politicalkiddo

I can think of only two remedies, assuming this isn’t something to do with mold or an acute medical issue.

One is to meditate. Calm down, chill out. Sometimes works for me if I sneeze 20 or 30 times.

Second is my Dad’s cure-all. Dunk your head in a bucket of water twice and pull it out once. Guaranteed to work.


18 posted on 10/06/2015 12:03:04 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: traderrob6

I have MS, and I have a lesion in my brainstem...weird symptoms can be caused by lesions in the brainstem, especially autonomic functions; breathing, heart rate, bp, vomiting, hiccups,sneezing, etc.

I’m not suggesting she has MS, just saying that would seem a logical place to look and see if anything were going on in that area of the brain.

I just googled and sneezing is triggered by the 5th cranial nerve...if I were a doctor, which I’m not, I’d be looking at an MRI of her brainstem.


19 posted on 10/06/2015 12:10:39 PM PDT by Dawn53Fl
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To: simpson96

I can see her sneezing a lot, but sneezing every 7.2 seconds she would asphyxiate. That’s if she sneezes during her sleep. According to the article she does sleep, so that means she is sneezing every 3.6 seconds.

86,400 seconds in a day. 12,000 sneezes. I call bullpuppy!


20 posted on 10/06/2015 12:25:53 PM PDT by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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