• Question: What Is Brainfreeze?

    Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 14 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Adelle Thrower

      Adelle Thrower answered on 14 Mar 2014:

      Brain freeze or ice cream headache is really called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia ……. Def easier to say brain freeze!!
      It’s caused by the rapid cooling then re-warming of the blood vessels in the sinuses- this causes the nerves to send pain signals and gives you that quick freeze- as you warm back up the pain goes away. Eating ice cream slower would prevent this- but it wouldn’t be as fun……..

    • Photo: Muhammed Rassul

      Muhammed Rassul answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Brain freeze is the cooling of the facial blood vessels, as @Adelle said. Normally you can get rid of it by pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth, which causes the blood vessels to dialate.

    • Photo: Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      It is a sudden feeling of pain in the forehead when eating or drinking cold items.

      It is caused by the temporary narrowing of the arteries as a result of the rapid cooling of the hard palate.

      Brainfreeze is also termed as – ice cream headache

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