冰淇淋讓你“頭痛”嗎？

看起來美味誘人的冰淇淋，卻會讓一些人“頭痛”不已，這究竟是怎么一回事呢？

What words do you think of when you hear \"ice cream\"? Does the word delicious come to mind? Perhaps cold， yummy， refreshing or sweet are your adjectives of choice to describe ice cream. What about headache or brain freeze? These don't sound like pleasant descriptions of ice cream， but they are exactly what some people think of when they hear the words ice cream.

“冰淇淋”會讓你聯(lián)想到哪些詞？乍聽之下，你的腦海里會不會冒出“美味”二字？可能你也會選擇用“冷冰冰”、“美滋滋”、“涼爽爽”或者“甜絲絲”這些形容詞來描述它。那你是否想過“頭痛”或者“腦凍僵”呢？盡管這兩個形容冰淇淋的詞聽起來不甚悅耳，但它們確實是一些人聽到“冰淇淋”后所能想到的字眼。

Does Ice Cream Cause Headaches?冰淇淋會導(dǎo)致頭痛？

When eating ice cream or something very cold， many people feel a very real and sharp ache behind their eyes and in their forehead. Does this sound familiar? About 30% of people feel this headache and while it only lasts about a minute or so， it can be very painful.

在吃冰淇淋或者其他冰冷食物的時候，許多人會感到一陣真實而急劇的疼痛涌上眼后和前額。你有過類似的經(jīng)歷嗎？有大約30%的人會出現(xiàn)這種頭痛，雖然它只會持續(xù)1分鐘左右，但在這段時間里，頭會很痛。

Ice Cream: It's Not My Fault冰淇淋的自白：這不是我的錯

Why must some of us suffer when we are just trying to enjoy a delicious delight? Don't get mad at your vanilla chocolate chip or return your Rocky Road1)， because it is really the top of your mouth that is to blame. Run your tongue along the roof of your mouth starting near your teeth. Close to the teeth， you'll feel a bumpy2) ridge3). As you slide your tongue further back， closer to your throat， it gets smooth. This is your palate4) where many nerves and blood vessels5) are located.

The scoop6) is that when you eat or drink something very cold， and it touches your palate， the nerves send a signal to your body telling it that your brain is too cold. Your body reacts by sending extra blood to the blood vessels in your head. Extra blood means more warmth. These blood vessels in your head expand quickly to hold the extra blood. It is this quick swelling7) of the blood vessels in your head that cause your head to hurt.

我們僅僅是想要享受一下美味所帶來的愉悅感覺而已，為什么這樣也會讓一些人飽受頭痛之擾呢？別遷怒于你的香草巧克力脆片冰淇淋，也不要退回你剛買的“崎嶇之路”，因為真正的罪魁禍首是你的口腔上部。讓你的舌頭從上牙后端開始向口腔頂部移動，在靠近牙齒的地方，你會感覺到一塊崎嶇不平的隆起部位。當舌頭接著向更后方滑動時，你會感到越靠近你喉嚨，口腔的上部就變得越平滑，這就是你的上腭，那里潛藏著許多的神經(jīng)和血管。

導(dǎo)致頭痛的過程是這樣的：當你吃冷食或者喝冷飲的時候，它會接觸到你的上腭，此時，位于上腭的神經(jīng)會向你的身體發(fā)出訊號——你的大腦感覺很冷。于是，你的身體便做出反應(yīng)——向大腦血管輸送更多血液，因為更多的血液可以帶去更多的熱量。這時，你腦部的血管會迅速膨脹，以容納更多的血液，這種腦部血管的迅速膨脹導(dǎo)致了頭痛。

How Can You Get Rid of It?

If you experience this headache， it will only last a short time and will eventually go away by itself. But， there are ways to try to avoid these brain pains or fight them once you get them:

1. Try eating your cold treat more slowly.

2. Try holding your breath for a moment.

3. Try taking a sip8) or two of a warm beverage， such as hot water， hot chocolate， or hot milk.

4. Close your eyes and press your fingers GENTLY on them so that your fingertips are resting between your eyeball and brow bone. Breathe deeply and wait calmly for the pain to pass.

5. Wait it out. The headache will usually pass on its own within 30~60 seconds. Sometimes the shock of the ice cream headache makes it seem worse than it really is.

If these don't work and you feel that headache still creeping up on9) you， roll your tongue in a ball and press the bottom of your tongue to your palate. This will act as a blanket and warm your palate quickly. The nerves will think the brain is warming up and won't send blood to the blood vessels.

如何消除？

如果你有過這種頭痛，便知道它只會持續(xù)很短的時間，之后便自行消失。但若是疼痛來襲，我們可以嘗試用很多辦法來避免或抵擋它：

1.吃冷飲時盡量放慢速度。

2. 感覺頭痛時試著憋一小會兒氣。

3. 頭痛時可以喝上一兩口熱飲，比如熱水、熱巧克力或者熱牛奶。

4. 閉上雙眼，手指輕輕按在眼睛上面，使你的指尖放在眼球和眉骨之間。深呼吸，冷靜地等待疼痛消失。

5. 等待頭痛自行消失。這種頭痛一般在30~60秒之內(nèi)就會消失。有時候，雖然“冰淇淋頭痛”實際上并不是那么痛，但是在驚恐之中，我們的痛感會變得格外強烈。

如果這些方法都不奏效，你仍然感到頭痛不已，那么把舌頭卷成一個球，用舌頭底部按壓上腭，就好像給上顎蓋上了一張?zhí)鹤樱屗s快暖和起來。于是，這里的神經(jīng)會認為大腦已經(jīng)在慢慢變暖，便不會向大腦的血管輸送更多的血液了。

You are now well prepared for a summer of eating as much ice cream as you want! (Just make sure to save some room for dinner!)

現(xiàn)在，你已為這個炎炎夏日做好了準備，可以敞開肚皮盡情享用冰淇淋啦！(不過要記得留點肚子吃飯哦！)