We know that trigeminal neuralgia is a serious psychiatric disorder that causes a lot of pain to patients when it occurs on a daily basis. Migraine is also a common disease among psychiatrists, but it is often confused with trigeminal neuralgia. The difference between trigeminal neuralgia and migraine? 1.Neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia is a paroxysmal, recurrent severe pain in the distribution area of the trigeminal nerve without any positive signs. It is most common in middle-aged women, and the 2nd and 3rd branches of the trigeminal nerve are most often involved, mostly unilaterally. The nature of the pain is short-lived electric shock-like, knife-like or tearing pain, with sudden onset and stop, each episode lasting several seconds or tens of seconds, usually no more than two. The pain is pronounced in the cheeks, upper and lower jaws and tongue. There are trigger points, and light touch on the nose, cheek and tongue can induce pain. It can also be induced when washing the face, brushing the teeth, chewing, yawning and talking. So much so that the patient is afraid to wash his face or eat, and shows emaciated and depressed face. The attacks are frequent and painful facial twitches may occur in severe cases. Migraine is a recurrent throbbing headache on one or both sides. More than 2/3 of migraine patients are female, and most of them have family history of migraine. A typical migraine can be divided into three phases: the aura phase, the headache phase, and the late headache phase. The most common aura is visual aura, such as visual field loss, dark spot, flashing light, etc. 10% of patients have visual aura or other aura, and the aura lasts for several minutes to an hour before entering the headache phase. Most headache attacks last from 2 hours to 1 day. Most headaches last from 2 hours to 1 day. After the headache subsides, there is often fatigue, lethargy, weakness and poor appetite, etc., which can improve in 1-2 days. What is the difference between trigeminal neuralgia and migraine? The difference between trigeminal neuralgia and migraine is described above. If you or your family and friends have the above symptoms, you must go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.