The Scientific Name for a “Brain Freeze” is Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia

When you eat or drink something cold and immediately feel a sharp pain in your forehead, it’s commonly referred to as a “brain freeze.” However, there’s also a scientific name for this intensely unpleasant common experience. So the next time you get a sudden headache due to the fact that you ate your ice cream too fast, you can tell the people around you that you’re suffering from sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.