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I know that if you drink something that's cold for a period of time you get a brain freeze. but why?
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Brain freeze: The sudden temp change stimulates nerves on the roof of your mouth to dilate blood vessels, in an attempt to bring warm blood to the area, but also triggers pain receptors, which release pain-causing prostaglandins, increase sensitivity to further pain, and produce inflammation while sending signals through the trigeminal nerve, and the brain interprets the pain signal as coming from the forehead.
Answered 4/13/2013
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