Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating, chronic syndrome that causes sudden, severe, electric shock-like pain in the face, according to a news release from University Hospitals. While TN isn’t ...

Discover if your "electric shock" jaw pain is trigeminal neuralgia, a neurological condition often mistaken for dental ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband suffers from trigeminal neuralgia. This is often very painful for months at a time, then the pain will stop for a few months before it begins again. He does not want to ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain. It can be treated with Austin CyberKnife. Paiman Ghafoori, M.D ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine a pain in your face that is so intense you can’t talk, eat or move. It’s called trigeminal neuralgia, and up to 15,000 people a year are diagnosed with it.

Expert Rev Neurother. 2007;7(11):1565-1579. The rationale for treating TN with AEDs traces back to Trousseau's 1853 clinical description of what he termed, "névralgie épileptiforme," noting that the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s been called one of the most painful conditions known to humanity and most common in adults over 50, especially women. While rare, Trigeminal Neuralgia is common for a group of ...

Some patients with trigeminal neuralgia seen in general practice may be mistakenly given a diagnosis of facial pain and may not receive standard treatment. Investigators conducted a UK cross-sectional ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is typically treated with chronic therapy, but patients occasionally require treatment for acute pain. Now, subcutaneous sumatriptan (Imitrex) and intranasal lidocaine have each ...

They say laughter is the best medicine — unless it feels like a lightning bolt to the face. That’s the brutal reality for sufferers of trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder so painful it’s earned a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male. A few months ago, I suddenly had the worst pain in my life, centered in the right side of my tongue, of all places. It felt like a live electrical wire was ...