DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male. A few months ago, I suddenly had the worst pain in my life, centered in the right side of my tongue, of all places. It felt like a live electrical wire was ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Smiling was once something that brought pain to Ana Kristoff. For decades, the smallest movement or lightest touch could bring her to tears. "The first time I sneezed and ...

Specialists explain why the condition occurs, how it’s diagnosed, and the range of medical and surgical options available ...

The pain management teams at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital (QMH ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects the nerves in your face. It causes a painful electric shock sensation in the jaw or side of the face, and the symptoms can worsen over time ...

A total of 3,685 trigeminal neuralgia patients were included for analysis. An examination of treatment patterns among patients with trigeminal neuralgia suggests that this orofacial disorder appears ...

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 ...

A new study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, shows unprecedented data regarding the neuroanatomical influence on the treatment response ...

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN) is a chronic pain condition characterized by persistent facial pain that does not respond well to conventional medical treatments, often leading to significant ...

NEW ORLEANS — Intraorbital frontal nerve resection appears effective for some patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia where the ophthalmic division (V1) is involved, researchers say. The ...

Some patients with trigeminal neuralgia seen in general practice may be mistakenly given a diagnosis of facial pain and may not receive standard treatment. Investigators conducted a UK cross-sectional ...

They say laughter is the best medicine — unless it feels like a lightning bolt to the face. That’s the brutal reality for sufferers of trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder so painful it’s earned a ...