2007-01-27 03:58:04 · 14 answers · asked by debrett 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
a headache.
2007-01-27 04:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by stormy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When something very cold touches the center of the palate, the cold temperature can set off certain nerves that control how much blood flows to your head. The nerves respond by causing the blood vessels in the head to swell up. This quick swelling of the blood vessels is what causes your head to pound and hurt. Some people call this a "brain freeze," even though nothing is really happening in the brain - it's all in the blood vessels of the head.
And ice cream isn't the only food that can make your head hurt. Anything that's very cold, like ice pops, slushy frozen drinks, and even cold soda, water, milk, or juice can make the blood vessels swell.
A headache from ice cream or another cold food usually lasts about a minute or so, although it can feel like much longer. This kind of headache almost never lasts more than 5 minutes, and it goes away on its own. And although you may feel pain, it's not dangerous and doesn't mean that anything is wrong in your body.
Want to lick your ice cream headaches? Some doctors say that simply eating cold foods more slowly can help prevent brain freeze. You can also try warming foods up a tiny bit in the front of your mouth before swallowing them. And if you start to feel an ice cream headache coming on, you may be able to slow it down by holding your tongue against your palate. This will warm up your palate a little so you can enjoy the rest of your chilly dessert.
2007-01-27 04:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by deelightuk2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When something very cold touches the center of the palate, the cold temperature can set off certain nerves that control how much blood flows to your head. The nerves respond by causing the blood vessels in the head to swell up. This quick swelling of the blood vessels is what causes your head to pound and hurt. Some people call this a "brain freeze," even though nothing is really happening in the brain - it's all in the blood vessels of the head.
2007-01-27 04:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by beckett 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, Brainfreeze occurs when ice cream (or anything cold) touches the roof of your mouth, the collection of nerves in the roof of your mouth (called the spheno-palantine ganglion) go into a spasm (a spasm is like a cramp). These nerves tell the brain blood vessels to get bigger or "dilate". When our brain's blood vessels get big, we get headaches.
2007-01-27 04:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by Herb 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a sharp pain in your forehead caused by the cold of the ice cream. It only lasts a few seconds but really hurts.
2007-01-27 04:03:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sharp pain going up through the roof of the mouth into the brain it hurts
2007-01-27 04:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
when u eat really cold ice cream an it hurts ur head an teeth makes ur eyes water
2007-01-29 09:58:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the ice cream touch the roof of your mouth.
2007-01-27 04:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the ice cream touches the top of your mouth which triggers it
2007-01-27 04:04:37 · answer #9 · answered by mike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its where the cold ice has touched the roof of the mouth,
2007-01-27 05:50:56 · answer #10 · answered by Tinkerbell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you eat to much to quick the cold gives you a headache.
2007-01-27 04:01:31 · answer #11 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋