Brain freeze might sound weird to some, while some might have heard it but don't know what it means...Well luck has shined on you today because I will be telling us what it means, the causes, and how we can relieve ourselves of the pain.

According to wikipedia, "brain freeze is also called Cold-stimulus, ice-cream headache, trigeminal headache. Its scientific name is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is a form brief pain or headache commonly associated with consumption (particularly quick consumption) of cold beverages or foods such as ice cream and ice pops". A cold sensation in the mouth can lead to pain in the head. It happens to just about everyone: you take a delicious first lick from your ice cream or long sip of a cold slushie, and then bam—your head begins to pound, or pain radiates all through your skull. The pain continues as you shut your eyes and wince, and then it subsides, letting you to go back to enjoying your cold treat again.
Causes
It is caused by the direct rapid cooling and rewarming of the capillaries in the sinuses leading to periods of vasoconstriction and vasodilation. It occurs mainly when we consume a very cold substances like ice-cream, cold slushie, e.t.c..

How to Relieve the pain
There are several (obvious) ways to avoid a brain freeze, but fewer ways to treat one. "To avoid brain freeze, eat the cold food much more slowly so that your mouth can warm up the food -- don't inhale it," Vertrees said. "Keep it in the front of your mouth: the further-back stimulation is what triggers the brain freeze."

However, if you find yourself a victim to an ice cream headache, there's a trick you can do to try and warm your way out of one. If you begin feeling a brain freeze coming on, press your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The heat from your tongue will warm up the sinuses behind your nose and then warm the ganglion that caused the brain freeze.

"Brain freezes are not dangerous and very self-limiting," Vertrees said. "It's about slowing down and being patient and aware of the likelihood of getting a brain freeze if you eat or drink too fast."

So I would be advising the ladies to reduce their intake of Ice-cream this festive period...lol.

Thanks for patiently reading through!!!