Imagine having a nerve so sensitive that eating or drinking - or even a light breeze - can set off excruciating pain. That's trigeminal neuralgia. It's a debilitating problem, however, there are options to turn it off.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a severe facial pain usually caused by a blood vessel pressing on a nerve at the base of the brain.Imagine having a nerve so sensitive that eating or drinking - or even a light breeze - can set off excruciating pain."Like an electric shock, like a lightning bolt, like an ice pick stabbing in their face," says Dr. Willard Kasoff of Temple Health.That's how Dr. Kasoff, a neurosurgeon and Dr.
It's usually caused by a blood vessel pushing on a nerve at the base of the brain. The nerve carries sensations from the face. Ordinary actions like eating, drinking, shaving, brushing teeth, encountering a light breeze, even talking, can set off attacks."They may start out seeing a dentist, they may start out seeing an eye doctor, they may start out seeing someone to look for TMJ, or jaw problems," says Dr. Kasoff.
"Find where that blood vessel is compressing the trigeminal nerve, and very delicately move that to the side, and put some padding in between the nerve and the blood vessel," says Dr. Kasoff.
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