How come brain freezes happen?!
How come brain freezes happen?
I dont get it, u swallow cold stuff through ur throat, what does it touch the roof of ur mouth and a signal or what?
Answers:
The top of your mouth has two palates - the hard palate (near the front, that feels bony), and the soft palate. When the soft palate gets too cold, there's not much to shield the various structures above it from the change in temperature. The structures get cold, and they let you know about it loud and clear with that nasty little spike of cold that we all know and (?) love.
Brain freeze" is the pain sometimes inflicted by devouring something cold like ice cream or a cold beverage, often very quickly.
The reaction is (obviously) triggered by the cold ice cream or beverage; coming into contact with the roof of the mouth. It triggers nerves that give the brain the impression of a very cold environment. To heat up the brain again, blood vessels start to swell, which causes the headache-like pain for approximately 30 seconds.
The temperature change in the roof of the mouth has to be rather drastic; this is why brain freeze often occurs on warm days.
The pain can be relieved by putting the tongue to the roof of the mouth, which logically will heat it up.
Well, our mouth has a palate which acts as the mouth's "roof". In this roof, there are many sensitive nerve endings that reacts quickly to the brain. You can try to avoid getting brain freeze by slowly eating your food- letting the food stay a little longer to warm it up before swallowing.