Comments on: What Causes Brain Freeze?

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:02:31 +0000

I don’t get brain freezes either. My family does though and they also get neck freezes. Guess those who don’t get them are lucky :)

By: Brain Freeze

Brain Freeze — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:18:27 +0000

Brain freeze is not experienced by everyone. According to studies only roughly 30% of the population suffers brain freeze. The most common measure which I have known in dealing brain freeze is (1) drinking water which is kept at room temperature or by either (2) covering the nose and mouth by your hands while breathing which can really help to speed up the warming process and reduces the pain caused by brain freeze.

By: Nerak

Nerak — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:37:28 +0000

Ice cream seems to freeze my lungs and make me cough.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:23:32 +0000

Your ice cream could be causing esophogeal spasms, which can be felt as severe back and/or chest pain. “Nutcracker” syndrome.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:04:01 +0000

When I eat ice cream too fast, I don’t feel it in the the head, neck, or back, but right down in the stomach. It’s sometimes strong enough for me to clutch at my chest and partially double over, but the pain stays down there until it subsides.

By: It's Just Dave

It's Just Dave — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:36:47 +0000

To relieve a freeze, I pinch the nerve located between your thumb & index finger. (It works, but I don’t know why)

By: eethec

eethec — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:28:55 +0000

i get terrible brain freezes. Male. Also prone to migraine which I bet is an exacerbating factor. Yet. somehow, despite the awful brain freezes, i seem to wolf down ice cream faster than anyone I know

By: R Brown

R Brown — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:21:22 +0000

Oh and I forgot, perform the “hick” maneuver fighter pilots use to prevent blacking out from high G’s. This forces warm blood up into your cold head.

By: R Brown

R Brown — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:19:47 +0000

The quickest way to get rid of brain freeze is to take a big mouthful of HOT water, make sure it hits the roof of your mouth. Even lukewarm water works, anything to increase the temp of the roof of your mouth. I do this and the pain subsides almost instantly.

By: bryn

bryn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:47:04 +0000

My brother swears that sticking a finger in your bellybutton will get rid of a brain freeze. It seems to work, oddly enough.