Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is a pathologic condition of the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) that causes intermittent, electrical shock-like pain on one side of the face. The affected side of the face is typically very painful to touch.
What causes it?
Trigeminal neuralgia has many causes, including trauma (painful post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathy), nerve impingement, and can occur after a herpes zoster infection.
Other nerves innervating the face and neck can also cause pain and neuralgia, such as occipital neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, and auricular neuralgia.
How can it be treated?
Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia starts with conservative measures, including physical therapy and medication management. If the pain does not decrease in intensity, trigeminal nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, peripheral nerve stimulation, or other surgical procedure can be performed.
Conditions
- Arthritis
- Cancer Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Compression Fractures of the Spine
- Herniated Discs
- Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Whiplash CAD
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Migraine Headaches
Treatments
- Kyphoplasty
- Lidocaine Infusion
- Lumbar Epidural Spinal Injection (LESI)
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Medial Branch Block (MBB)
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Regenerative Medicine
- SI Joint Injections
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Sympathetic Nerve Block
- Transforaminal Epidural Spinal Injection (TFESI)
- Trigger Point Injections
- Vertebroplasty
- Capsaicin (8%) Patch
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Disc Nucleoplasty
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator (DRG)
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Intrathecal Pain Pumps
- Ketamine Infusion
- Hip Joint Injections
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Knee Joint Injections
- Botox Injections
- Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block
- Intercostal Nerve Block
- Minuteman Procedure
- Vertiflex Procedure