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| ====== Brain Freeze challenge ====== | ====== Brain Freeze challenge ====== |
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| In an attempt to explain what a CSF Leak, Intracranial Hypo/Hypertension, headache feels like to a healthy person someone came up with the "Brain Freeze Challenge" which is meant to induce an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-cream_headache|Ice Cream Headache]]. | In an attempt to explain what a CSF Leak, Intracranial Hypo/Hypertension, headache feels like to a healthy person someone came up with the "Brain Freeze Challenge" which is meant to induce an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-cream_headache|Ice Cream Headache]] ([[resources:icd10|ICD-10]] G44.8021 "Other specified headache syndromes"). |
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| Eating/drinking something that is extremely cold can cause an, usually, short lived intense headache, when the substance touches the roof of the mouth. The pain can be so intense that it has caused a few people to faint. So don't take the Brain Freeze Challenge lightly, it could injure someone. | Eating/drinking something that is extremely cold can cause an, usually, short lived intense headache, when the substance touches the roof of the mouth. The pain can be so intense that it has caused a few people to faint. So don't take the Brain Freeze Challenge lightly, it could injure someone. |