Facial muscles spasm

[El Greco]

Are you so sure that is a myth, 100% of the time? That nobody has died from having that shock to their system? I bet this has indsced a heart attack. And it wouldn't be a stretch to think then that soemone could possibly get a heart attack of the brain (a stroke) from this.

The opening post talked about opening the fridge after ironing. I'm pretty sure this would be a myth.

 

[baron]

Yes, not sure about the "ironing" bit.

I tend to iron my clothes, not my face. Maybe that's the cause of their pain.

 

[casebro]

Are you so sure that is a myth, 100% of the time? That nobody has died from having that shock to their system? I bet this has indsced a heart attack. And it wouldn't be a stretch to think then that soemone could possibly get a heart attack of the brain (a stroke) from this.

You haven't linked to any study about it, or any reputible news article about it happening, so it remains a myth.

 

[Rcintron]

The opening post talked about opening the fridge after ironing. I'm pretty sure this would be a myth.

I guess what people try to do is avoid sudden changes in temperature. In a hot country, ironing will make you sweat.

 

[Ladewig]

Why not write those Mythbuster folks and see if they'll debunk it?

 

[Modified]

As an aside, I read that facial pain from [SIZE=-1]trigeminal [/SIZE]neuralgia is the worst pain a human can experience, so bad that a significant number of sufferers kill themselves rather than endure it.

To continue the aside, surgery is successful in most cases (the cause is almost always a blood vessel pressing against the nerve). The hard part is getting a dentist or doctor to figure out the problem. I have a sister, grandmother, and neighbor who have or did have it, and they've all had multiple unnecessary root canals that made the pain much worse.