Trigeminal neuralgia is the pain condition like an electric shock that affects certain areas in face. Trigeminal nerve is one of the cranial nerve among 12 cranial nerves coming out of the brain.
Each trigeminal nerve splits into three branches, controlling the sensations for different parts of the face.
The ophthalmic branch – It controls your eye, upper eyelid, and forehead.
The maxillary branch – This affects your lower eyelid, cheek, nostril, upper lip, and upper gum.
The mandibular branch – It runs your jaw, lower lip, lower gum, and some muscles you use for chewing.
The Neuralgia can affect any of the three nerve branches. Usually, pain feel on only one side of the face. Some people feel it on both sides. When that happens, it’s called bilateral trigeminal neuralgia.
Common symptoms
- Pain (like an electric shock) lasts for few seconds to several minutes
- Stabbing or shooting pain.
- Pain triggered by brushing teeth, washing face, shaving, or putting on makeup, Blowing nose, Eating or drinking, especially hot or cold foods or drinks, Talking, Smiling, Even a light breeze against your face might set off your pain.
- Pain may feel that it coming on, as burning or achiness, before it becomes very painful.
- The attacks happen several times a day or a week, followed by periods during which you have none at all. These pain-free periods are known as remission.
- Pain usually affects only one side of the face.
- Pain may affect just one part of your face or spread to a wider area.
- Episodes happen more often over time, and the pain can worsen.
- You feel the pain mostly in your cheek, jaw, teeth, gums, and lips. The eyes and forehead are affected less often.
Although the pain can be intense, the condition is not life-threatening. It can be a progressive disease, though, meaning that it gets worse over time.
If you have facial pain especially sensations that keep coming back or don’t respond to over the counter pain relievers make an appointment with doctor.
Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatments
- Ayurveda medicines (as per Ayurveda doctor’s prescription)
- Ayurvedic Panchkarma treatments– Nasya, Basti, Abhyang, Snehan Swedan, Netratarpan, Shirodhara, Shirobasti
- Yoga, Pranayam, Meditation, Stress relaxation, Positivity
- Modern Medication – Typical pain medications don’t work well for people with trigeminal neuralgia, To keep the nerves from reacting to irritation, you may take anticonvulsant medications or muscle relaxants or tricyclic antidepressant
- Surgery – Balloon compression, Gamma knife radiosurgery, Glycerol shot, Radiofrequency ablation, Microvascular decompression, Neurectomy,
- Acupuncture
- Aromatherapy etc
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@ डॉ आनंद कुलकर्णी Dr Anand Kulkarni, MD Ayurved
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