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Cats sneeze, and often it is hard to know whether sneezing warrants medical attention. Almost every day I see patients who sneeze and are congested. Most sneezing is due to mild upper-respiratory infections, but sometimes it is due to something more serious.
Sneezing is a reflex of the upper airways, activated to explosively discharge irritating material from the nasal cavity. In cats, it is usually caused by the irritation of sensitive nerve endings in the mucous membrane that lines the nose. Nasal discharge is another sign of nasal disease or irritation. Although normal cats may occasionally sneeze or have nasal discharge (similar to human beings), severe, chronic or recurrent bouts of sneezing or nasal discharge suggest a more serious problem. Sneezing and nasal discharge often occur together.