| Disease |
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA |
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| Quotation |
“Our profession after all deals partly with guess work, we do not deal in absolutes” |
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| Definition |
Severe repeated lancinating pain (‘like electric shock’) in one half of face over distribution of a facial branch of trigeminal nerve, mostly of 2nd or 3rd divisions. |
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| Prognosis |
Most patients tend to have exacerbations and remissions lasting several months at a time. The majority respond adequately to oral durgs. |
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| Advice to Patient |
Instruction on side effects of drugs. Not to drive vehichles or machinery until CNS effects of drugs are known. |
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| Follow Up |
CBC, and liver function monitoring on patients on carbamezapine. |
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| Inadequate Response |
May have to consider surgery, if full doses of drugs fail to give relief. |
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| Reference From |
Website: www.medical-library.org/journals2a/trigeminal_neuralgia.html |
