Who is at risk for trigeminal neuralgia?

  Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common neurological disease of the brain, mainly manifested by recurrent paroxysmal severe pain in the distribution area of the trigeminal nerve on one side of the face, slightly more in women than in men, and the incidence may increase with age. Trigeminal neuralgia mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, and the right side is more than the left side. Who is prone to trigeminal neuralgia, this is the concern of many people, now people’s life is more and more stressful, resulting in more and more people suffer from trigeminal neuralgia. The disease poses a huge threat to patients, so who is prone to trigeminal neuralgia? The following we come to understand: 1, do not care about hygiene of the crowd: many patients are due to inattention to personal hygiene, resulting in a viral infection. Such as herpes zoster is prone to involve the first branch of the trigeminal nerve causing pain. Demyelination, trigeminal neuralgia is caused by demyelination of the trigeminal nerve sensory roots or semilunar ganglion or peri-trigeminal branches by compression or damage.  2, people with irregular life: many people due to the regular irregular life, black and white, long time to hang out in nightclubs and other also life places, resulting in a decline in body resistance. Climate change is also a predisposing factor for trigeminal neuralgia, or being blown by the wind, or hot and cold at first, can make the pain intensify, so we should pay attention to weather changes when we go out, pay attention to keep warm.  3, people who do not pay attention to diet: excessive vegetarian or do not eat staple foods, it is likely to also aggravate trigeminal neuralgia. Nerve is a burning and sugar-consuming tissue, if the lack of vitamin B1 will cause lactic acid accumulation invade the brain, poisoning the central nervous system, so that the ability of brain tissue to consume oxygen is reduced, and even cause temporary spasms.