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Ice cream headaches, a.k.a. brain freeze, are caused when quickly-eaten cold foods come into contact with the roof your mouth. Since the mouth doesn't have time to warm up when eating or drinking quickly, the nerve center there panics and sends signals to your brain that indicate the body is freezing. Blood rushes to the brain and the eater feels a sharp, stabbing type of pain that lasts anywhere from 30-60 seconds in most people.
Strangely, ice cream is the most commonly cited cause for head pain, but it can be avoided easily. Most people feel that positioning the cold foods at the sides of your mouth will prevent brain freeze. This allows the food to warm up slightly before coming into contact with the roof of your mouth. If you're drinking something frozen, like a smoothie, don't aim the straw directly at the roof of your mouth, either. The other "cure" is simply to eat more slowly.
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7-16-2006 @12:12PM Hawk said... If you press your tongue against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can, it also helps, I believe because it warms up your mouth or triggers the reverse reflex.
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7-17-2006 @11:48AM Shane said... I also have found that rubbing the roof of your mouth with the tounge will warm it up and make it go away.
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7-19-2006 @1:30PM Sarah said... If eating ice cream with a spoon, flip the spoon over so that the ice cream touches your tongue first and NOT the roof of your mouth. The tongue can disperse the coldness more effectively.
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7-19-2006 @2:51PM Kristina said... What is it called when you eat the same cold foods and it freezes the back of your throat....never makes up the brain cells for a brain freeze, but a throat freeze?
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7-21-2006 @2:14PM Cheryl said... Press the roof of your mouth with your thumb. Works every time.
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7-21-2006 @2:23PM JT said... "Press the roof of your mouth with your thumb. Works every time." And also never fails to make one look silly!!
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7-21-2006 @2:28PM mdm said... have a glass of tap water ready..drink a little as soon as pain starts...
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7-21-2006 @2:28PM Douglass Lee said... Secret trick to avoid "brain freeze"------eat cold stuff more slowly, or keep cold stuff on the sides of your mouth. WOW! What a revelation!!!! Which Einstein came up with that never-before thought-of method!!!!!!
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7-21-2006 @2:34PM KMPS said... We have been doing a totally unscientific yet very relevant study of brain freeze vs. throat freeze.
It's seems a bit odd, but males seem to claim that they experience brain freeze while the females seem to experience throat freeze. (please no dirty comments. as silly as it sounds we are not making this up.) Does anybody want to comment about male vs. female freeze? Also, what do you do for the throat freeze? (again, no dirty comment, we are not making this up)
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7-21-2006 @2:54PM Nyna Bee said... Anytime I order a frozen drink (such as a margarita), I also order a warm glass of water. If I get a 'brain freeze', drinking some warm water effectively stops the pain immediately.
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7-21-2006 @2:58PM SBT said... This sounds crazy, but it truly works- if you say "cow" a few times, brain freeze instantly dissipates.
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7-21-2006 @3:00PM alskdjfhg said... when i get throat freeze i put my thumb up against my throat and rub it up and down at a fast speed until it goes away...it works great.
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7-21-2006 @3:01PM Lynda said... Contrary to your findings, it is usually my husband getting throat freeze while I suffer the brain freeze.
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7-21-2006 @3:05PM dale mock md said... try holding your hands above your head--or if you want something really interesting, try holding one hand up at a time then the other-- can sometimes make headache switch from one side to the other.
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7-21-2006 @3:15PM jay said... if you should get a brain freeze i find that if u tilt you head sideways it goes away. it works for me every time.
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7-21-2006 @3:22PM Jo said... Am I the only one that gets back and chest freeze? Please tell me I'm not alone!
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7-21-2006 @3:25PM sue jones said... Does anyone ever experience "chest freeze", rather than "brain" or "throat freeze"? This happens to me when drinking a slurpee or any slush type drink.
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7-21-2006 @3:26PM Elena said... The thumb-press on the roof of the mouth works, but geez, it's a minor, fleeting discomfort! What's the big deal, anyway?
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7-21-2006 @3:30PM Karen said... If you exhale deeply it seems to help with a throat freeze. I guess the warm air from your lungs warms up your throat.
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7-21-2006 @3:33PM ME said... OH JACK, THE LADIES MUST BE KNOCKING DOWN YOUR DOOR...YOU WISH......HA, HA,....... LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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