Why do You Get a Brain Freeze?
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Why do you get a brain freeze? Sometimes, after ice-cream or a cold drink, it can feel like your skull is squeezing in our your brain – it can even be pretty painful. The cold temperatures are picked up by pain receptors near your palate, so while a brain freeze feels like a headache, it’s actually just referred pain from your mouth. Keep watching for a few ways to get rid of a brain freeze… as much as I love ice-cream, it’s not quite worth the pain.
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