What is Trigeminal Neuralgia .
Trigeminal nerve is 5th nerve
Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition that causes painful sensations similar to an electric shock on one side of the face. This chronic pain condition affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain.
Trigeminal neuralgia symptoms may include.
Episodes of severe, shooting or jabbing pain from lip to upper part of head that may feel like an electric shock.
Attacks of pain lasting from a few seconds to several minutes.
Pain from lip to upper part of head. pain in areas supplied by the trigeminal nerve, including the cheek, jaw, teeth, gums, lips, or less often the eye and forehead.
Radiofrequency thermal lesioning. The surgeon will insert a needle through your cheek, all the way through to the base of your skull, which they’ll then use to send an electrical current to identify the specific pain point on the trigeminal nerve. They will then apply heat to the nerve until a lesion forms, destroying some of the nerve fibers. About half of patients who opt for this procedure see their symptoms return after three to four years. You may also feel facial numbness as a result of this procedure.
Microvascular decompression is a more invasive surgical procedure. It’s typically the most successful of all these procedures. surgeon must create an opening behind the ear, thus exposing the trigeminal nerve root. This opening reveals the blood vessel that may be compressing the nerve; once your surgeon identifies the specific blood vessel, they place a cushion between the nerve and the blood vessel.
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