2006-09-05 14:26:31 · 18 answers · asked by mobyisaparrothead 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
When cold stuff (like popsicles, ice cream or slushies) touches the roof of your mouth it can set off a nerve reaction (in the spheno-palantine ganglion, to be precise), that causes the blood vessels in your brain to swell. When the blood vessels swell, you get a headache. The headache usually lasts less than a minute.
The key is to warm the roof of your mouth back up, thereby constricting (narrowing) the blood vessels. The easiest thing to do is to press your tounge to the roof of your mouth. You can also try drinking warm water. In the future, try to eat your frozen treats slowly and give yourself breaks between bites to let your mouth warm up.
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2006-09-05 14:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get that all the time when I eat ice cream or anything extremely cold. I solved it by having a cup of coffee or tea with it.
2006-09-05 14:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by phoenixheat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop with the crystal meth. Just because you ate ice cream , wont get you from the high. Stay off the drugs. Don't even think about hitting that crack pipe, that would ruin your whole week.
2006-09-05 16:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was weak man! How can you think of anything bad or any pain when you are eating ice cream?
2006-09-05 14:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by P J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink a glass of room-temperature water.
And dont eat your ice cream so fast
2006-09-05 14:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what gets numb is your palet meaning the roof of your mouth after eating ice cream rub the roof of your mouth with your tounge and it will make the headache go away your tounge is warming your palet
2006-09-05 14:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by jettalady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick your thumb against the roof of your mouth. Hold and wiat. IT will go away rather quickly
2006-09-05 15:13:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Press ur tongue to the roof of ur mouth for a few seconds.
2006-09-05 14:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by zil28ennov 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I can think of is repeatedly bashing your head against a wall.
2006-09-05 14:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can either put ur thumb on the roof of ur mouth or you can flip your tongue over and smash it against the roof of your mouth
2006-09-05 14:33:17 · answer #10 · answered by The First Albino State 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋