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Trigeminal neuralgia (facial nerve pain)
Also known as tic douleureux, this nerve condition is characterized by sharp pains on one side of the face, typically on the cheek or the skin near the eye.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Preteen 6-13 | Rare | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Rare | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Rare | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 73-year old asked:
I have atypical trigeminal neuralgia. Left side of face is numb & sore. Especially eye & inside mouth. Am scheduled to have a nerve block nxt week but wondering if that is a good idea since I am already numb won't that procedure make me more numb?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am taking amitriptyline for facial nerve pain but this is of no use & taking amitriptyline for last 2 weeks. I am trigeminal neuralgia paitent.
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A 39-year old asked:
My doctor told me that "trigeminal neuralgia is a severe spastic, lancinating facial pain due to a disorder of the 5th cranial nerve." What does this mean?
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A 32-year old male asked:
One neuro thought I had trigeminal neuralgia due to severe face and skull pain. Other neuro said MRI showed blood vessel and nerve at front left stick together and could be the cause. What does this mean and is it treatable?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can you have trigeminal neuralgia that affects both sides of your face?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could the drugs being used to treat my trigeminal neuralgia be causing more odd sensations on my face?
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A 38-year old male asked:
If you have infraorbital neuropathy does that mean you have trigeminal neuralgia, since the infraorbital nerve comes from the trigmeinal nerve?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can facial neuralgia or trigeminal neuralgia cause long term enlarged achy lymph nodes in your neck?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Can trigeminal neuralgia early symptoms be mild achy feeling in cheek on both sides of face ,weird sensations all over face and no sharp pain
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A 24-year old female asked:
I've had tingling and pain in my face for the last week! i thought it might be trigeminal neuralgia but it's on both sides, not just one! what to do?
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A 37-year old male asked:
If herpes can cause vestibular neuritis. Is it possible it could spread throughout the nerves causing things like trigeminal neuralgia?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Severe facial pain for 4 mos, diagnosis of sinus probs & toothache. Currently have severe facial swelling. Could this be trigeminal neuralgia?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Ache under Lft jaw, occ'l numbness in cheek/eye. Trigeminal nerve line but doesn't fit neuralgia description. RARE shooting pain. 3 doctors don't know?
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A 26-year old male asked:
My brother (26), suffering from constant facial pain for over a year now. He went to many doctors, but no progress. He's been checked for deviated Nasal Septum, teeth, trigeminal neuralgia; all turned out negative. Pain killers don't help?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Is Trigeminal neuralgia the same as trigeminal nerve injury caused during an accident ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can trigeminal neuralgia happen on both sides of the face?Or switch from right to left? Getiing progressively worse. Low grade fever. Lost 90lbs in6mo
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A 35-year old female asked:
What can be applied topically to face to help with trigeminal neuralgia pain. I am already taking topomax. I heard lidocaine cream helps?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Is it true that infraorbital nerve irritation caused by maxillary sinuses can develop into full blown trigeminal neuralgia if not taken care of?
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A male asked:
Is left index finger pain a sign of atypical trigeminal neuralgia on the left side of face?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Do you have to have stabbing electric shock pain on the face to have ATYPICAL TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA? my face burns on the left side but not stabbing!
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A 63-year old female asked:
I have a brain tumor also trigeminal neuralgia . I'm planning on the brain surgrey tumor on the trigeminal neuralgia nerve. Can they remove the tnnerv?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I have neuralgia in left face(from below ear jaw zygomatic and temple). It started after sleep. It's not trigeminal. I feel hot when I touch it and pain all the time. How it goes away?
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A 49-year old male asked:
What type of doctor treats trigeminal neuralgia? Pain on right side of my tongue and awhile back right side of face.
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A 31-year old female asked about a 31-year old female:
Burning dull ache in cheek and along jawline one side face.Worse when cold air blows on it.Trigeminal Neuralgia? Also tmj issue that side. Progress?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Hx of bell's palsy and trigeminal neuralgia. Mult episodes of facial weakness w/ right sided weakness. Neg for ms. Hyper reflexes right side. Help?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Burning in cheek jaw lips one side of face. Also have tmd on that side.nervous this is Trigeminal Neuralgia and could progress. What else can it be ?
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A 37-year old male asked:
In trigeminal neuralgia, is the pain throbbing/stabbing on the face, or more like constant tension on the cheek, behind the ear and jawline?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Can eye twitching be related to Trigeminal Neuralgia? I have TN but I'm noticing more twitching than ever on one side of my face, not just pain.
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can an impacted wisdom tooth make you experience symptoms similar to trigeminal neuralgia? I am experiencing this now and it's strictly only on the left side of my face and is triggered by either chewing or yawning and my medical anxiety is no help?
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A 36-year old female asked:
After 2 episodes of intense facial pain i've been told it could be trigeminal neuralgia but now i'm also experiencing upper lip numbness & twitching.
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