Ice cream is a great treat, but you have to eat it slowly! Otherwise, you’ll get what some people call a ‘brain freeze,’ which is a super bad headache that lasts for a couple seconds. But how does ice cream hurt your head?!
———-
Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
SOURCES:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244458.php
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12293/why-do-people-get-ice-cream-headaches
https://www.healthline.com/health/sphenopalatine-ganglioneuralgia-brain-freeze#seek-help
https://www.fasebj.org/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.685.4
Watch Now
