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Trigeminal neuralgia (TN or TGN), also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia, or suicide disease, is a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, [7] [1] the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.
Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN), or type 2 trigeminal neuralgia, is a form of trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve. This form of nerve pain is difficult to diagnose, as it is rare and the symptoms overlap with several other disorders. [ 1 ]
Jackie Galgey, 45, shares in a personal essay her experience with trigeminal neuralgia, also called the suicide disease, which caused her one-sided facial pain. I have a painful condition known as ...
ICHD 13.1, ICD10 G44.847: Trigeminal neuralgia Glossopharyngeal neuralgia Nervus intermedius neuralgia Superior laryngeal neuralgia Nasociliary neuralgia Supraorbital neuralgia Other terminal branch neuralgias Occipital neuralgia Neck-tongue syndrome External compression headache Cold-stimulus headache
trigeminal nerve trigeminal neuralgia; trigeminal sensory neuropathy; numb chin syndrome; numb cheek syndrome; herpes simplex virus infection; facial nerve bell's palsy; bilateral facial palsy; congenital (trauma, Mobius syndrome, cardiofacial syndrome) glossopharyngeal nerve glossopharyngeal neuralgia; glomus jugulare tumor; vagus nerve injury
The first four of these are classified as primary headaches, groups 5-12 as secondary headaches, cranial neuralgia, central and primary facial pain and other headaches for the last two groups. [ 60 ] The ICHD-2 classification defines migraines , tension-types headaches, cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic headache as the main types ...
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Microvascular decompression (MVD), also known as the Jannetta procedure, [1] is a neurosurgical procedure used to treat trigeminal neuralgia (along with other cranial nerve neuralgias), a pain syndrome characterized by severe episodes of intense facial pain, and hemifacial spasm.