What should patients with trigeminal neuralgia pay attention to in their daily life?

  People have certain misconceptions about trigeminal neuralgia. Clinically, we often see some patients with trigeminal neuralgia mistakenly think it is toothache and mistakenly pull out their teeth, although their symptoms and locations are somewhat similar, but the treatment methods are very different. Trigeminal neuralgia is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, and there are more female patients than male, and it is easy to have repeated attacks. Once the above symptoms exist, it is recommended to go to a specialist hospital to avoid delaying treatment.  Two: For patients suffering from rhinitis and paranasal sinusitis, dental and oral lesions secondary to trigeminal neuralgia, the primary disease should be cured early in order to prevent the onset of trigeminal neuralgia.  Third: Pay attention to keep a relaxed mood, avoid impulsiveness, anger or depression.  Four: Prevent all pain-inducing factors in daily life, such as washing face, brushing teeth, repairing face, cutting hair, eating, etc. Be gentle and try to avoid stimulating the trigger point. It is better not to go out when it is windy, and you should pay attention to keep warm on cold days.  Five: Eat softer food. Try to avoid fried things, hard fruits and other foods that make chewing hard; do not eat irritating condiments such as ginger powder, mustard, etc. to prevent pain induced by sneezing; avoid alcohol, acid, spicy, strong tea, coffee, ginseng tonic and too cold, too hot, fried and various irritating foods.  Six: pay attention to rest. Patients in ordinary times to maintain a good mood, do not move excited, and do not work late, you can listen to more soft music, make their mood calm, to ensure adequate sleep.  I hope that patients will pay attention to the above mentioned points in their daily life to reduce the number of pain attacks to a certain extent. The fundamental treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is minimally invasive surgery, and we hope that our patients will be relieved of their pain soon.