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trigeminal-neuralgia
Traumatic trigeminal neuropathy is generally not associated with trigeminal neuralgia. However, both entities may be responsive to pharmacologic intervention. Seeing a neurologist or orofacial pain specialist misadvised.
Hello unnerved,
Trigeminal nerve which is responsible for sensations of the face. The cause trigeminal neuralgia is probably a blood vessel pressing on the trigeminal nerve. Tumors and multiple sclerosis can also cause it, but in some cases the cause is unknown. The pain is sudden, severe, electric shock-like, stabbing that is typically felt on one side of the jaw or cheek.
Do you think this can still be Trigeminal Neuralgia? Is a neurologist the best type of Doctor to seek treatment from?
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From reading my info could this be trigeminal neuralgia or atypical trigeminal neuralgia, acute sinusitis, tinnitus, TMJ? Other than MRI are there any other procedures and scans that can be done to get a better look at my sinuses and internal ear. Can wisdom teeth cause these symptoms? My dentist recommends I extract all 4 wisdom tooth, can these extractions cause my symptom to increase.?
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From your symptoms the possibilities of trigeminal neuralgia and temporal arteritis need to be ruled out. Trigeminal neuralgia is painful swelling (inflammation) of the nerve (trigeminal nerve) that delivers feeling to the face and "surface" of the eye. Trigeminal neuralgia causes severe, short-lasting (only a few seconds) facial pain on the side of the affected nerve even by slight touch. Mostly affects elderly females. May be caused in multiple sclerosis also.
It takes specialists in Neurology and Neurosurgery to determine the most appropriate treatment to relieve each patients pain. The goal is to avoid facial numbness as much as possible. Successful treatment for the disorder should allow patients to resume an active life. It is my understanding that if surgery is not as effective as hoped it can be repeated several times.
Treatment may include medications, surgery or a combination.
Yup, this is an area where it is notoriously hard to pinpoint the cause of pain. Problems with the teeth should be the first ruled out because they have the most objective criteria to show disease.
If your teeth all check out okay, then you can move on to investigate other potential causes. Hope you find the cause and cure quickly.
Does Trigeminal Neuralgia worsen with age. I've tried Tegretol but the pain has some back agaiin after about a year and is very, very intense. It is like a needle made of glass penetrating the right side of my nose and going into my head. What is the best treatment for this and can it be cured completely.
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I have had this disease for 11 years now. Only age 40 when I got it. I have researched it for many years and I've read that there have been cases in newborns. It is where the blood vessels wrap around or touch the Trigeminal Nerve causing it to send a pain signal. It's a horrible disease. Tho I've heard of the most promising treatment as Stereotactic Radiosurgery done with the help of a Neurosurgeon and an Oncologist... If it is classic TN; this one time treatment works.
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In your case, I think that it can be trigeminal neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia is very painful swelling (inflammation) of the nerve (trigeminal nerve) that delivers feeling to the face and "surface" of the eye. Trigeminal neuralgia causes severe, short-lasting (only a few seconds) facial pain on the side of the affected nerve even by slight touch. Mostly affects elderly females. May be caused in multiple sclerosis also.
Have you been to the dentist? I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia and then told to go to the dentist just to be sure there weren't any issues. I made an appointment, but my dentist was out of town, so the "substitute" dentist saw me. She did x-rays and removed a white filling that I had, mentioning that some peope have a bad reaction to it. The x-rays were not very good, she had poor quality film and they turned out very dark.
Thank you so much! I am going to Portugal the day after tomorrow & will take it for her. Not sure if it's available there. She complains that the pain affects the jaw, nose, behind the eye,front of the head & is now affecting the back of the head too. The pain is almost permanent & unbearable. She also suffers from spondylitis,&, I suspect the neuralgia might be linked. Spondylitis is a deformation of the spine & may well be damaging the nerves on the atlas region.
I suffer from trigeminal neuralgia and am currently taking BACLOFEN to help with the pain. I was treated with the Gamma Knife about a year ago without success. A friend also had TN and was treated with an alcohol shot to the face that had to be repeated about 4 weeks later. That was over 10 years ago and he has had NO pain since. I can find only passing references to the alcohol shot to the face. My question is where can I go to get this alcohol shot to the face?
the ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular. The pain of trigeminal neuralgia occurs almost exclusively in the maxillary and mandibular divisions.
You most commonly feel pain in the maxillary nerve, which runs along your cheekbone, most of your nose, upper lip, and upper teeth. Next most commonly affected is the mandibular nerve, affecting your lower cheek, lower lip, and jaw.
In almost all cases (97%), pain will be restricted to one side of your face.
The attacks from the condition are not completely removed but reduced over the weeks. As many as 90% patients have reduction in symptoms after a month of treatment. Some side effects of facial numbness have been associated. Gamma knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia has been a safe and effective treatment and better than traditional surgery. Take care.
After several different doctors, I was told that I had trigeminal neuralgia as well as a deviated septum. I eventually had laser surgery for the trigeminal neuralgia, but the a facial pain continues. The nerve pain has subsided, but I continue to have facial pain on my left side. The pain seems to get worse if I lean my head to that side. This occurred a few years ago, and after several months of taking seizure medication and lortab, I was not getting any better.
I had an occipital nerve block 3 weeks ago and that didnt work really and when I say the pain manaagement doctor yesterday he said that a trigeminal nerve block has to be done by the neurosurgeon. So if you can get your friend into a neurosurgeon that would be ideal but if her TN is that bad the medications will have to really be played with to get the right combination to block the pain. It can take a long time they tell me.
In all probability, you are suffering from trigeminal neuralgia. For medical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia several types of drugs are tried either singly or in combination. These are anti-epilepsy drugs such as valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, gabapentin, and pregabalin; muscle relaxants such as clonazepam and baclofen; tricyclic antidepressants such as carbamazepine, amitriptyline, and nortriptyline.
There is a chance of a misdiagnosis here if Tegretol is not working. It is the gold standard for treating trigeminal neuralgia. If it is not working, it may possibly be pain of some other cause. The neurologist may be able to help you sort this out.
I just found out that I do have Trigeminal Neuralgia. I have the same symptons you have and I have researched this many people have unneccesary procedures done on their teeth thinking its that. I would recommend before you undergo the root canal seeing a Neurologist and having them do a MRI they will be able to see if its the Trigeminal Neuralgia by this test. I hope this helps, I know how
frustrating this can be and also how painful it is. Please let me know what happens.
I went to the dentist, who x-rayed me, and said I had an abscess, above my left upper 1 tooth. He did root canal treatment, but could not find anything, the pain did not go away, and after several root canals, he referred me to a consultant for an apicectomy. When the operation was done, as he drilled through the bone, he said there was lots of pus to drain away.
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