Is There An Ice Cream Headache?
Yes. When cold foods and liquids come with the roof of the mouth, they trigger a reaction in the fifth cranial nerve, a branch of which runs form the mouth’s surface to the head and is primary nerve responsible for sending headache pain. Not everyone however experiences “ice cream headache”, which something of a mystry, although studies have shown that about 90 % of ice cream headache sufferers are also prone to migraines.
To alleviate the problem, eat or drink cold foods slowly, warming them in the front of the mouth to cool gradually. Its the initial “shock” of the cold that causes the pain.