A comparison between the effect of ice packs on the forehead and ice cubes in the mouth on nasal submucosal temperature.
The submucosal temperature in the inferior turbinate was measured in 13 subjects. It was found that giving ice cubes to suck produced a significantly greater fall in nasal temperature than did the application of ice packs to the forehead. In only seven out of the 13 subjects did an ice pack reduce nasal temperature.
Porter
M J
MJ
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D017679:Cryotherapy; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000628:therapy; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D009055:Mouth; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*
D007053:Ice