What Is Brain Freeze?
Brain freeze (sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia) is an excruciating head pain when eating something cold. It is also called ice cream headache because it correlates with extremely cold foods, like frozen treats. Medically speaking, brain freeze is classified as a cold-stimulus headache. FluxFactory / Getty Images Brain freeze affects thevascularandnervous systems. They then reopen quickly, triggering a pain signal in the brain. This article explains brain freeze symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prevention, and how to cope....