Instructions for health promotion of trigeminal neuralgia

  Trigeminal neuralgia refers to the sudden onset of “electric shock-like, knife-like, or tear-like” pain in the area innervated by the trigeminal nerve, often with certain triggers or “trigger points”, and no symptoms in the interval. Trigeminal neuralgia brings serious harm to patients and their families, not only affects normal life, but also affects daily diet, and seriously affects family harmony. Trigeminal neuralgia is called “the king of pain” and “the first pain in the world”, which not only causes physical damage to the patient, but also causes serious shadow to the patient’s psychology. Therefore, a good daily health education in patients’ life can effectively and reasonably reduce the pain or recurrence of trigeminal neuralgia.  Although there are many treatment methods for patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, they all have their advantages and disadvantages. Generally speaking, in addition to medication, radiofrequency thermal coagulation therapy and open microvascular decompression therapy, attention should also be paid to the observance of scientific health education in order to effectively reduce the torment of the disease.  1, avoid partiality of food Some patients with trigeminal neuralgia are caused by neuritis due to vitamin B1 deficiency. Long-term preference for certain foods, such as white rice, will result in vitamin B1 deficiency. The drug treatment of trigeminal neuralgia using vitamin B is based on the principle of vitamin deficiency or nerve nutrition.  2, avoid high sugar, especially white sugar, not only the content of vitamins is zero, and sugar in the metabolism of vitamin B1 to participate, so the high sugar in the diet will make trigeminal neuralgia patients are already deficient in vitamin B1 more deficient, so we must pay attention to control the intake of sugar.  3, avoid spicy spicy stimulating food are onion, garlic, leek, chili, pepper, pepper, onion, mustard, five spice powder, curry powder, etc.. These foods can be upstream stimulation of the trigeminal nerve, so that the nerve impulse to strengthen, thus inducing pain. Into the body can help fire heat, depletion of yin and blood, blood deficiency and wind, tendons and veins detention, aggravating the pain.  4, avoid smoking alcohol alcohol drinking too much, easy to cause vitamin B deficiency, become a cause of neuritis. Especially white wine, high alcohol content, should be controlled not to drink more. Smoking can also aggravate the occurrence of pain, such as nicotine, tar, etc. will stimulate the mouth and cause pain.  5, avoid strong tea more tea can make the nerve excitability, small artery spasm, thus aggravating trigeminal neuralgia.  6, avoid staying up all night insomnia irregular work and rest can cause increased nerve excitability and induce painful attacks.  Trigeminal neuralgia scientific diet life pattern, for trigeminal neuralgia treatment effect and relapse prevention, have a certain significance.