Why was good money spent on this stupid study?
What moron couldn’t put together the fact that a sinus headache and brain freeze have the same effect on a person?
Pimping for research dollars. I wonder why this is even a story since we have known for some considerable time that brain freeze is caused by increased blood flow as the body tries to warm the area then the reduction of the flow as the precursor, cooling, diminishes.... the reason brain freeze actually happens after the cold is applied and not when it is applied.
They were studying cause not effect. And migraines, not sinus headaches.
Hadn't thought of this but I have had brain freeze and sinus headaches for years. I can control brain freeze by not instigating it with extreme cold but the sinus headache rolls on it's own and I can't predict it.
I do know that caffeine helps with sinus headaches.
So does throwing up (maybe that takes the pressure off of the thing they mentioned). And, yes, I have hurt enough to provoke vomiting.
Caffeine (with pressure on system) works, too.
Although the study may sound silly to you, it has indeed contributed to our knowledge base about how the brain works.
Having been a life long sufferer of migraines, I appreciate any advance towards finding their cause and a treatment to prevent them. While it’s been long known that migraines are caused by vascular activity, it’s still not known what causes that. Only time and more studies are going to figure it out.
And, BTW, as is often the case, research into one subject can lead to insights into something completely outside the scope of the study. This may be one of those examples.