Trigeminal Neuralgia Symptoms

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

DESCRIPTION

Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition that causes painful sensations similar to an electric shock on one side of the face. This chronic pain condition affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain

Symptoms –

Pain that feels like electric shock

Spontaneous attacks of pain

Facial spasms

Bouts of multiple attacks

Risk factors –

Damage to the trigeminal nerve

Nerve compression

Multiple sclerosis

Scleroderma

Shingles

Deformities in the arteries and veins

Diagnosis and tests –

A neurological examination

Magnetic resonance imaging

Treatment –

Medications

Microvascular decompression

Brain stereotactic radiosurgery

Therapies