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When eating ice cream you might get a slight headache because the extreme coldness causes the temperature on the roof of your mouth to drop. Because this is so close to the brain, which the body attempts to protect at all costs, it attempts to correct this drop in temperature by dramatically increasing blood flow to the brain, and thus heat from the core. This extra blood pressure causes a slight headache. To make this go away put your hand to your mouth and breathe rather quickly through your mouth. Another way is to place your thumb on the roof of your mouth for about 15-30 seconds, or to press your tongue against the roof of your mouth. These methods bring heat to the roof of the mouth, bringing it back to normal body temperature, which in turn lowers the blood pressure in the brain back to normal levels.

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