In our life, some diseases often occur, such as trigeminal neuralgia. When this disease occurs, patients need to endure a lot of pain, so timely treatment is the most correct. So, how is trigeminal neuralgia caused? What is the medication treatment for trigeminal neuralgia? The following is a brief introduction. What is the cause of trigeminal neuralgia? 1, lack of nutrition: some patients do not pay attention to the diet, often eat vegetarian or do not eat staple food, blindly dieting, there is a lack of the body necessary nutrients and triggered by pain. Excessive vegetarianism or not eating staple foods is likely to also aggravate trigeminal neuralgia. 2, eat stimulating food: such as drinking strong tea to enhance neural excitability, triggering small artery spasm, dry cheese, pickled fish and pickles contain more tyrosine, ham contains nitrite, etc., these foods can cause cerebral vasodilatation, thus triggering pain. 3, mental stimulation: a few patients can’t let go of their emotions and moods, frowning all day long, worrying about the headache that may be coming, which results in liver depression and qi stagnation, which turns into fire for a long time and disturbs the brain, and leads to painful attacks of trigeminal neuralgia. 4. Not protecting the pain trigger points: about half of the patients have one or more facial trigger points on their face, which can be touched if they are not careful, thus triggering a pain attack. The location and size of patients’ trigger points vary, even as small as a dot or a whisker, mostly on the lips, nose, cheeks, corners of the mouth, tongue and eyes. First of all, it is important to confirm the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia. The pain caused by this disease is unbearable, so the treatment of this disease requires pain relief first. The most long-used drug is carbamazepine, either domestic or imported (Deloitte), can be. The vast majority of patients will get relief after taking the medication. Of course there are side effects to the medication, such as dizziness, rash, etc. If you cannot tolerate these side effects, you can also try oxcarbazepine, which has relatively few side effects. Other medications that can relieve pain include gabapentin. However, medication only provides temporary relief of pain and does not provide a cure. The disease and duration of trigeminal neuralgia varies from patient to patient. If the effect of medication is not significant for a long duration of more than one year, then surgical treatment is required. The preferred method of surgical treatment is microvascular decompression surgery, which can completely cure trigeminal neuralgia and has a very low recurrence rate. The safety of the surgery is also relatively high. There is no numbness in the face after surgery. Of course, the surgery needs to be performed under general anesthesia, so there are certain requirements for the patient’s physical condition. The surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia disease also depends on the patient’s physical condition allows not to allow, if the patient’s body is weak can not do surgery, can also be used to hide frequency treatment. The so-called radiofrequency treatment is the use of high temperature to destroy the trigeminal nerve semilunar nodes, this surgical method, relatively safe, can be completed under local anesthesia. However, a numbness of the face will remain after the operation. The recurrence rate is higher compared to microvascular decompression surgery. However, it is suitable for people who are older and in poor physical condition. For those patients whose condition is not particularly serious, they can usually choose to undergo medication or choose a surgical treatment method according to their body, whichever treatment method can help patients recover their health. I hope that patients, once the disease is found to receive timely treatment, take good care of themselves, and finally hope that patients recover soon.