Usually, when you seem someone grabbing the side of their face in pain, one would automatically think that it's their jaw or teeth that is causing such pain, but it could be a condition called ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve. The typical form results in episodes of severe, sudden, shock-like pain in one side of the face that lasts for ...

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical information and follow-up data of patients who underwent surgical treatment for V2 idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia from January 2020 to January 2023.

Patients and methods: Forty eight patients with therapy resistant chronic unilateral pain syndromes (24 each with trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) and post-stroke pain syndrome (PSP)) participated. Fourteen ...

Autonomic symptoms that affect the side of the face ipsilateral to the pain (Fig. 1) are a signature of both cluster headache and other rarer trigeminal autonomic headaches. Figure 1 Cranial autonomic ...

These complications may include: Postherpetic neuralgia: Chronic pain can develop if nerve damage from internal shingles doesn’t heal properly over time. This pain may last for months or even years, ...