How to cure glossopharyngeal neuralgia

The cure for glossopharyngeal neuralgia is drug treatment and nerve block therapy and surgery. 1. Drug therapy: you can choose antiepileptic drugs to relieve pain, such as carbamazepine, phenytoin sodium, etc. You can also use nutritive nerve drugs, such as vitamin B12, methylcobalamin, and you can also be treated by local injections of medication, mainly using lidocaine, scopolamine, anhydrous ethanol and vitamin B12, which can relieve the pain for a short period of time. 2. Nerve block therapy: Nerve block therapy is through the injection of procaine or adding dexamethasone for the closure of the glossopharyngeal nerve, which can also make the loss of local sensation, and play the effect of temporary pain relief. 3. Surgery: For people with frequent attacks or severe pain, surgery can be performed when medication and nerve tissue treatment are ineffective, including microvascular decompression surgery, selective partially cut off the glossopharyngeal nerve. The hypopharyngeal neuralgia should be under the guidance of a doctor to choose the appropriate treatment, the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, can not be used blindly.