Discover if your "electric shock" jaw pain is trigeminal neuralgia, a neurological condition often mistaken for dental problems. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 an extremely painful disorder that usually impacts the lower face and jaw, but may also involve areas around the nose or eyes. The condition has also been called tic douloureux ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 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 ...

NORTHWOOD (WPVI) -- Pain is among the hardest medical problems to deal with. And facial pain is one of the trickiest. A Philadelphia man details his long journey to relief. "The pain initially was ...

Evidence from a new large UK multicentre trial is challenging the results from a previous smaller US trial that led to the ...

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 ...

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 ...