We All Scream at Ice Cream Headaches

The combination of cold drink or food hitting the roof of the mouth or back of the throat sets off the headache, which is also known as brain freeze.

It typically lasts for 30 to 60 seconds, making it easy to forgive, then forget, setting up the painful cycle once again. The Mayo Clinic advises that the headaches are no reason at all to avoid ice cream or other cold foods and drinks.

An obvious ice cream lover, Joseph Huilihan, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Temple University Health Sciences Center, looked into the phenomenon and published an editorial in the British Medical Journal in 1997. He reports that ice cream is the most common cause of head pain, and that it occurs in one-third of a randomly selected population. He cites no fewer than six studies.

Since the posterior aspect of the palate is most likely to produce the referred pain of ice cream headache, avoiding contact of the cold food with this area can effectively eliminate the symptoms, he wrote.
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