India, Aug. 12 -- Ever wondered why ice creams can make your head hurt? This ice cream-related headache is known as brain freeze, and many get it when they are enjoying an ice lolly or a tub of ice cream. But have you ever stopped and wondered why you get it? Here's the answer for you.

Brain freeze is an intense sensation of pain in the head that one gets when eating or drinking something cold, such as ice cream, ice cubes, ice popsicles, or frozen or slushy drinks. It's not serious and goes away in a few seconds or minutes. A brain freeze is sometimes called an ice cream headache, and the scientific term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

According to a report by Harvard Health, brain freeze occurs w...