The main symptom of trigeminal neuralgia is a severe stabbing or piercing pain that is usually felt in the right side of the face. The region of the face affected by the condition varies according to ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a severe form of facial pain that is usually caused by blood vessels compressing the trigeminal nerve. In some cases, however, the cause of the condition cannot be identified.

Setting the stage for possible advances in pain treatment, researchers have pinpointed two molecules involved in perpetuating chronic pain in mice. The molecules, they say, also appear to have a role ...

Highland Super Speciality Hospital, Thane, has successfully performed two surgeries on patients suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), a rare but excruciating nerve disorder often referred to as ...

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 ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. Thus, many treatments, both medical and surgical, have been developed for this relapsing and ...

December 11, 2006 (San Diego) — Patients with refractory complex partial and generalized tonic clonic seizures may benefit from trigeminal nerve stimulation, according to a team of investigators who ...

Chapel Hill, N.C., April 17, 2015 - Achelios Therapeutics will announce results from a Phase IIa placebo-controlled clinical trial in moderate and severe migraine sufferers treated with TOPOFEN (TM), ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — “Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) was nicknamed the ‘suicide disease’ — so many people commit suicide because of the pain,” said Beth Markesino, 35, who has been suffering with the disease ...