Trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder affecting the sensory distribution of the fifth cranial nerve It predominantly arises in adults over age 50 and is characterized by sudden, severe, unilateral paroxysms of lancinating or electric-shock-like facial pain, frequently provoked by innocuous tactile stimuli such as light touch, chewing, talking, or washing the face The condition most commonly stems from neurovascular compression of the trigeminal nerve root entry zone leading...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder affecting the sensory distribution of the fifth cranial nerve

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder affecting the sensory distribution of the fifth cranial nerve It predominantly arises in adults over age 50 and is characterized by sudden, severe, unilateral paroxysms of lancinating or electric-shock-like facial pain, frequently provoked by innocuous tactile stimuli such as light touch, chewing, talking, or washing the face

It predominantly arises in adults over age 50 and is characterized by sudden, severe, unilateral paroxysms of lancinating or electric-shock-like facial pain, frequently provoked by innocuous tactile stimuli such as light touch, chewing, talking, or washing the face The condition most commonly stems from neurovascular compression of the trigeminal nerve root entry zone leading to focal demyelination, though it may also develop secondary to structural lesions or central demyelinating diseases such...