Ice cream headache / myLot

India

August 5, 2008 5:18am CST

Did any one experienced an excruciating short lasting pain while of soon after tasting a delicious ice-cream. If so please respond me back, I am reading on available medical literature. I believe many would have been experience the same, some one told it could be an ice-cream headache

3 responses

brimia

@brimia (6581)

• United States

5 Aug 08

Yes, I've done this lots of times. It's the cold on the roof of the mouth that causes the pain so drinking warm water helps.

@paraju79 (17)

• India

5 Aug 08

Thanks for the comment. Is the pain different from your usual migraine pain / facial pain syndromes. I am very curious about its pathophysiology

brimia

@brimia (6581)

• United States

5 Aug 08

I've never had a migraine though I've had several headaches and an ice cream headache is much more transient. A regular headache or migraine is longer lasting and can be harder to get rid of. A simple drink of water is all it takes to rid of an ice cream headache. I don't know all of the science behind it though.

dopey22girl

@dopey22girl (3319)

• United States

7 Aug 08

I actually have never had an ice cream headache...luckily! But I have heard of it and I wasn't sure if it was a real thing or just a made-up thing.

paraju79

@paraju79 (17)

• India

8 Aug 08

Its not a made up thing and it really exist in various names. Find any one of your friends about the experience.....of ice cream headache

vaelemin

@vaelemin (7)

• United States

5 Aug 08

I thought that was called a brain freeze? But yeah there really painful. I just try not to eat ice cream to fast and it doesnt happen much.

paraju79

@paraju79 (17)

• India

7 Aug 08

Yes my friend, it is otherwise called a brain freeze, cold stimulus headache. I've found something from Mayoclinic. According a proposed theory the cold food / drink temporarily alters the cerebral blood flow which in turns cause the pain. Other theory postulates the role of trigeminal nerve.