The scoop on avoiding 'brain freeze'
July 23, 2017
(HealthDay)—Gulping down a cold smoothie or giant scoop of ice cream sometimes leads to a fleeting severe headache known as "brain freeze."
But a neurologist says you can avoid it.
"A brain freeze is what happens when cold food touches a bundle of nerves in the back of the palate," said Dr. Stephanie Vertrees, a headache specialist and clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine.
The medical term for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, she said.
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