TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Trigeminal neuralgia is chronic and unilateral pain of the trigeminal (three-branched) nerve, which carries facial sensations to our brain. Gently stimulating your face, such as brushing your teeth, chewing or applying make-up, or sometimes even talking, can turn into an excruciating pain attack.

At first, there may be short-term (3-5 seconds) mild pain attacks, but trigeminal neuralgia It can progress and cause unbearable pain for longer periods of time and more frequently. Trigeminal neuralgia affects women rather than men and is more common over the age of 50.

Symptoms:

-Sudden, severe, throbbing pain that feels like an electric shock.

-Pain that starts when nothing happens or is triggered by reasons such as chewing, talking, brushing teeth, touching the face, washing the face, wind.

-Pain in the jaw, cheek, teeth, gums, lips or More rarely, pain in areas supported by facial nerve networks such as the eyes and forehead.

-Pain that affects only one side of the face.

Reasons for its occurrence:

In trigeminal neuralgia, the function of the facial nerve is interrupted. While the cause of the problem is generally unknown, in some patients, a normal blood vessel (a vein or artery) in the brainstem is in contact with the trigeminal nerve and the nerve is stimulated with a pulse, and sometimes partial damage to the nerve as a result of surgery, trauma, infection or dental procedures is held responsible.

Trigeminal neuralgia can occur as a result of aging, may be caused by multiple sclerosis, or another medical condition that damages the myelin sheath that protects the nerves. Less common, trigeminal neuralgia may be caused by a tumor pressing on the nerve.

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