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This Is How Slushies and Ice Cream Are Playing With Your Brain
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This Is How Slushies and Ice Cream Are Playing With Your Brain

Medium·Dr. Khalid Rahman·about 1 month ago
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Unboxing brain freeze headaches and their evidence-based management

Dr. Khalid Rahman

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Do you remember that short-lasting pain you might have experienced immediately after consuming cold food, cold drinks, or even after getting exposed to cold air at times?

And the surprising fact that these disappear as speedily as they appear within seconds or a few minutes.

Watch this insightful podcast about brain-freeze headaches before you dive deeper into the article.

This is when your fun food gives you a blow.

A single ice cream bite and suddenly you encounter that storm in your forehead as if it were hit by a lightning bolt, which is none other than the cold stimulus headache.

You experience pain for a very short duration just after that cold stimulus meets that delicate palate at the back of your throat.

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