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Eating ice cream can cause sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia

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1 July 2024

Eating ice cream can cause sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia

Eating very cold food can cause a chain reaction that temporarily simulates pain receptors in your head – commonly called an ice cream headache or brain freeze. The technical name for this is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
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