why do we get "ice cream head ache"?!
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why does it feel like ur brain's freezing?
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The reaction is triggered by the cold substance consumed coming into contact with the roof of the mouth. It irritates nerves in the region (sphenopalatine ganglia), causing them to spasm. These nerves cause the blood vessels in the brain to dilate. When vessels in the brain dilate, a common effect is an acute headache.
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There is a nerve across the roof of your mouth that causes it. Not everyone gets ice cream headaches.
because that yuor brain the cold brings a signal telling us were cold it's also nerves
OUCH-brain freeze-it hurts just THINKING about it!
I think that all that coldness makes your sinuses shrink. You have sinus cavities all around your face and forehead. That's why they call it brain-freeze.
THE NEVRVES AT THE TOP OF YOUR MOUTH ARE SENSITIVE.
Blood Vessels in the roof of your mouth get cold, cause the nerves to react in your brain.
there is this nerve in your brain that feels sensation of ice cream or anything that is frozen gives off a sensor that you feel like your brain is sitting on ice
There are large blood vesicles both venous and arterial that run through the palate of your mouth. As ice cream is frozen and very cold it results in the constriction (vasoconstriction) of these vesicles which in turn causes vasoconstriction to some of the blood vesicles in the frontal aspect of your brain. This causes the meninges inside your brain to also constrict resulting in the bani in the front of your head. Try eating slower or not so cold.
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