Trigeminal neuralgia can be registered neurology, pain department and neurosurgery.
Trigeminal neuralgia refers to paroxysmal severe pain in the distribution area of the trigeminal nerve, and is a relatively common clinical neurological disease. When the patient attacked, the pain is cut-like, electric shock-like and burning-like pain, and in severe cases, it can be accompanied by facial muscle twitching, tears and tears and other symptoms, each time lasting for a few seconds.
1. Neurology: the first patients and short history, mild symptoms, or other methods of treatment still left after mild pain, the first consideration of drug treatment, you can consult the Department of Neurology, and at the same time, under the guidance of the doctor oral pain medication, such as carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and so on.
2. Pain department: If the effect of drug treatment is not good, patients can consult the pain department, and according to the area of pain distribution for the corresponding nerve block.
3. Neurosurgery: Neurosurgery can be considered for intractable trigeminal neuralgia when medication and the above treatments are ineffective, or when intolerable side effects occur.
Patients with symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia should go to the appropriate department in time and choose targeted treatment according to the actual situation.