by Edward L. Ayers. In the twelve years after the Civil Warâthe era of Reconstructionâthere were massive changes in American culture, economy, and politics. These were the years of the âOld West,â of cowboys, Indians, and buffalo hunts, of cattle drives, railroads, and ranches.
Oh no, not again! Another frozen treat, another brain freeze. âIce cream headachesâ happen when something cold touches nerves in the roof of the mouth, triggering blood vessels in the front of your head to swell. This rapid swelling causes the familiar, jabbing pain of a brain freeze.
The pain receptors near the sphenopalatine nerve cluster sense the freezing of the palate, but the pain itself is referred to another area deeper in the skull. This is why you feel brain freeze deep inside your head and not in the roof of your mouth.