Neuralgia on the right side of the face may be caused by migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, herpes zoster, intracranial disorders and other causes.
1. Migraine: When a migraine attacks, it can lead to paroxysmal throbbing pain on one or both sides of the head, and may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea and other symptoms. If the migraine is more serious, it may cause pulling on the facial nerve, which may cause the right facial nerve pulling pain.
2. Trigeminal neuralgia: Trigeminal nerve is mainly distributed in the jaw, mouth and face, trigeminal neuralgia is a more common clinical brain nerve disease, may be due to trauma, inflammation, tumors and other reasons, when trigeminal neuralgia attack, it can lead to the right facial neuralgia, but also may be accompanied by facial flushing, drooling and other symptoms.
3. Herpes zoster: when the body is infected by herpes zoster virus, if the virus infringes on the facial nerve, it may cause the right facial neuralgia, which is like a pinprick, electric shock-like severe pain, and may be accompanied by mild fever, fatigue and weakness.
4. Intracranial diseases: When intracranial infection or tumor occurs, it may cause right facial neuralgia due to the damage or compression of intracranial nerves.
Right facial neuralgia may also be caused by other reasons. If the symptoms do not get better, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible to diagnose the cause and then be guided by the doctor for treatment.