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
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Compression Fractures of the Spine
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Herniated Discs
- Knee Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Migraine Headaches
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathy
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Shoulder Pain
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Whiplash CAD
Treatments
- Botox Injection
- Capsaicin (8%) Patch
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Disc Nucleoplasty
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator (DRG)
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Hip Joint Injections
- Intrathecal Pain Pump
- Intercostal Nerve Block
- Ketamine Infusion
- Knee Joint Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Lidocaine Infusion
- Lumbar Epidural Spinal Injection (LESI)
- Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Minuteman Procedure
- Medial Branch Block (MBB)
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- ReActiv8 Procedure
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Regenerative Medicine
- SI Joint Injection
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Sympathetic Nerve Block
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
- Trigger Point Injection
- Transforaminal Epidural Spinal Injection (TFESI)
- Vertebroplasty
- Vertiflex Procedure