What are the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia?

Trigeminal neuralgia will appear such as talking, eating, brushing teeth, gargling, washing face, etc. are affected, these actions occur will appear severe pain. Trigeminal neuralgia is a frequent disease, for the patient’s health hazards are very big, timely treatment of trigeminal neuralgia will minimize some of the obstacles, so what kind of symptoms will trigeminal neuralgia appear? First, paroxysmal pain when the disease is always sudden and sudden stop, very easy to attack, such as talking, yawning, brushing teeth, gargling, washing face, shaving, chewing, swallowing and other actions can lead to severe pain, especially when eating too cold or too hot food can be triggered, excessive fatigue or mental stress, can make the attack aggravated. The episodes are more frequent during the daytime than at night. Usually, the duration of the attack is short, only a few seconds to 1~2min or longer, and the disappearance of pain is also very sudden. It can be intermittent or continuous. Second, recurrent attacks Trigeminal neuralgia is very frequent, frequent attacks can be up to dozens or hundreds of times a day, or even more, the patient is extremely painful. The pain may start in one branch and later expand to other branches, but it may also be limited to one branch and last for years. Some cases can be relieved naturally. Third, there are trigger points The patient’s face there are one or more pain trigger points, slight stimulation of the face or lips, tongue, gums, nose, a point, can cause pain outbreaks. The pain starts from the trigger point, radiates along the distribution area of a branch of the trigeminal nerve, does not exceed the midline, and is burning or tearing, electric shock, cut, needle-like pain, the patient often opens his mouth, smacks his lips, covers the affected side of the face with his hands, and his expression is very painful, fidgety, and accompanied by painful spasms in severe cases. Sometimes the pain wakes up in the middle of sleep. Understanding the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia patients and mastering certain general knowledge of trigeminal neuralgia are crucial for us to discover the condition and control it. Suffering from trigeminal neuralgia must be diagnosed according to their own condition, diagnosis can effectively help patients and friends to determine the condition, and early treatment and diagnosis.