What causes brain freeze-ice cream headaches? Never had one, just wondering.?
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It's actually a painful "freezing" of your esophagus. Many people claim putting your tongue on the roof of you mouth helps. When you do that it does apply a little pressure on your upper esophagus; maybe that does help?
431655
the body thinks the brain is freezing, so it sends blood up there really fast to heat it up. too much cold, too much blood in head, headache. next time it happens, take an ice cube and put it on your neck. the blood will flow there instead, and you won't have a headache.
733730
Go to the doctor!!! the headache is serious.\n\nInfo on headaches:\nhttp://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/headache.htm
464604
Find out what is causing them and treat that rather than the headache itself and it will go away more quickly.  Like stress, light, sinus/allergy, ect.\n\nI get headaches frequently and finally figured out that I have to treat each headache as a separate issue, because they can be caused by many things.\n\nI used to get headaches in grade/high school and finally figured out that I'm sensitive to florescent lights and sitting by a window so the natural light could diffuse the florescent light made a big difference.\n\nNow days the make several different types of painkillers, such as tension, sinus/allergy, migraine...
711448
worry, stress lack of sleep well that's why i get so many headaches. take some strong painkillers or if you are getting Head aches alot go see your GP just to rule out any other causes
811079
No, but IF I eat Ice Cream/other cold foods too fast or too much of them, I have very PAINFUL HEADACHES -- so much so that I have to lie down for a bit.  They just blast through my head andit is crippling pain -- and I'll suffer for sometimes hours.
614930
I used to get bad headaches that would start at the base of the neck and wrap right up around to my eye area.  Come to find out it was due to a disc out of alignment.  Sometimes heat or ice would help for a while.  Also one of those neck-alignment pillows while sleeping.  The best thing for me was to go to my doctor who would do some chiropractic manupilation and it would be gone!   I hope you feel better soon.
357804
what causes headaches are usally stress but sometimes its just that you lack the amount of sleep your suppose to have every night or its that your not eating the right amount of food.    you can help them go away by taking an advil, having the right amount of sleep at least evey night and eating the right amount of food.or even a nice hot cup of tea not caffine, tea.
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it's a headache.  there are a lot of different kinds of headache (migraine, stress/anxiety, icepick, etc...)  it's probably one of the more severe kinds if he is feeling it a lot and intensely.  I've found that people that don't experience bad headaches have NO IDEA what it's like to have real pain in their head. I've gotten serious headaches since I was a kid, and my mother was just diagnosed with "perpetual migraine" which means she is constantly in pain.  Both of us have localized pain -(mine is on the left side, and usually behind my eye. sometimes it will travel to the right side, but is never on both sides at the same time). Tell your friend to see a doctor, there are pills available for certain types of headaches (although sometimes nothing works but a dark room and sleep).  good luck :)
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There are several possible causes for headaches.  According to a Chiropractor friend of mine, dehydration is a major cause.  For example, too many Margaritas one night can leave you seriously dehydrated, hung over and with a headache the next day.\nOther causes are stress, allergies, etc. Dr. Hoffman's reference below explains some of these in detail.
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it could be the pressure, but that is doubtful, unless you have an imballance in your inner ear, which should pressurize naturally.\n\nmore likely, it is dehidration that is causing the headache.  when it is humid, you drink less, but your body is evaproating more.
687017
headaches are almost always dehydration. unless you have chronic or migrane headaches then it could be something else.. but almost all normal headaches are caused by not enough water.
878655
Depends on what's causing the headache.  Try massage, meditation (including running, tai chi, meditation, yoga, or anything that requires your attention but not your intense concentration) sleep or food (avoide caffeine because it constricts the blood vessels and make it so you can't sleep).  If that doesn't work, the cause may be biochemical... see your doc.
81335
I know my brother gets headaches from tension, and mostly from not eating. you might try monitoring your caloric intake, to see if that might trigger it, having too many or too little.
1157733
Headaches can be caused by a lot of things. You could have a sinus infection. High blood pressure can cause headaches. Tension, diabetes, too much sun, the list can go on and on. But if you still have a headache and taking over the counter medication doesn't relieve it, then you should seek the advice of a doctor
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Hi I have the same problem except that I also get migranes during temp changes.  Not sure what the connection is and I saw lots of doctors for this.  Are you taking any migrane meds? They really help.  Ask your doc about Maxalt.  It's nice to know someone else out there has this problem. Nice to know i'm not alone with a pain in the butt of a problem.  Good luck.
950839
Not that I know of.  Try a pregancy test and if the headaches continue, see your doctor.