Is there a word for that feeling you get when you're eating ice cream or drinking something really cold - you know - that almost headache?

Also, on a related topic (can you tell we just had ice cream?) is there some corollary to heartburn that describes the condition where your chest feels really cold?

The usual term is ice-cream headache, though I've also seen cold stimulus headache. Apparently not everyone gets them: it's genetic.

I've always called it "brain freeze" and I usually get them when I suck on a slurpee.

I never used to get them as a child, but I do now if I eat cold things too quickly.

I don't know about 'almost headache' either, CW. My worst one - after only a couple of mouthfuls of a slushed ice drink - although over in less than two minutes, was blinding! Ouch!

Geez, you can find anything on the Web! I found this nice site about brain freeze. It even has a message board with 44 registered users...apparently talking about Slurpees! Interestingly, they use the same software as OEDILF.

I apparently am in that 70% of the population that isn't affected. Even though we have a 7-Eleven within walking distance, I can't say that I have ever heard the term "brainfreeze."

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I can't say that I have ever heard the term "brainfreeze."

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Having been around me a bit, I know you're familiar with "brainfart," though!

Is there a word for the pain of excess esophageal cooling? Hab, surely you should know if Kalleh doesn't!

Thanks for asking that question again, Asa - I thought everyone had missed it.

Sorry, CW, I had missed it, and if there is a word for it, it's not in my vocabulary!