The harms of trigeminal neuralgia usually include body dysfunction, affecting patients’ daily life and psychological harms.
1. Functional disorders of the body: trigeminal neuralgia will cause sympathetic nervous system activity to increase, so that peripheral vasoconstriction of blood pressure increases and heart rate accelerates.
2. Impact on patients’ daily life: trigeminal neuralgia can cause pain in the forehead, teeth, gums and face, which makes patients afraid to brush their teeth, wash their face and eat or drink, and also affects sleep.
3. Psychological aspects: Trigeminal neuralgia attacks irregularly, if the pain is more intense, it will affect the patient’s psychology, such as irritability, memory loss and irritability, and even cause anxiety and depression.
Patients with trigeminal neuralgia should go to the hospital in a timely manner to reduce the pain and avoid delaying the condition and causing adverse consequences.