Microvascular decompression is a surgery to treat trigeminal neuralgia. A neurosurgeon relieves pressure (typically from a blood vessel) around the trigeminal nerve (sensory nerve running along your ...

Stereotactic surgery uses focused radiation to damage nerve tissue (trigeminal nerve) to prevent or disrupt pain signals in your brain. We can use stereotactic radiosurgery to treat trigeminal ...

Trigeminal neuralgia can be clinically diagnosed based on a complete medical history and neurosensory examination of the patient. The neurologic examination should demonstrate the classic reproducible ...

Yes, there is an increased risk of trigeminal neuralgia among people who have neck problems. So far, the exact reason for the relationship is not known, but researchers have some preliminary theories.

Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare nerve disorder that causes sudden, sharp, and severe pain, usually on one side of the face. People describe it as a shooting, electric shock-like pain in the teeth, jaw, ...

The trigeminal nerve plays a significant role in migraine attacks by transmitting pain signals from the face to the brain, and structural changes in the nerve may contribute to these attacks. Migraine ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in October 2013. We resurfaced the story for the second Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day, which is on October 7. Imagine shocks radiating across your cheek, ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is an uncommon facial pain syndrome affecting a nerve in the head called the trigeminal nerve. It causes repeated episodes of sudden, extreme, electric-shock–like pain on the side ...

While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved Botox for trigeminal neuralgia, doctors may prescribe the drug off-label for this use. Several studies have looked into the effectiveness ...