The family of a 12-year-old Texas girl who has been sneezing up to 20
times per minute for the past month said doctors are stumped by the
condition. Scoop has more:
Angleton resident Katelyn Thornley, 12, said her sneezing
fits began about a month ago and she has since been sneezing up to 20
times per minute — about 12,000 times per day. “I’m constantly in pain
with my abdomen, my legs are hurting because I’ve been weak and I can
barely eat,” Thornley told KTVT-TV.
The girl’s parents said they have taken her to six different
physicians, who ruled out allergies and viruses as a cause of the
nonstop sneezing.
They said stress appears to make the condition worse. “Anything you
talk to her about that irritates her — you can see it spike and
continuous sneezing,” Thornley’s father told KRIV-TV. “It’s easy to
trigger.”
Thornley said she takes Benadryl to help her sleep at
night. “Sometimes I wish I could leave my body for a little while so i
could watch myself sleep and be at peace because even in my dreams,
I sneeze,” she said.
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