Trigeminal neuralgia is often referred to as “face pain” and is very painful when it strikes. In order to have a comprehensive understanding of trigeminal neuralgia, let’s understand the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia. The nature of the pain is sudden paroxysmal pain, manifested as a sudden, intense, lightning-like, short-lived throbbing pain in the face, mouth and jaw area, like knife-like, fire-like, pinprick-like or electric shock-tearing-like pain, mostly occurring when talking, eating or washing the face, lasting several seconds or tens of seconds to 1~2 min each time, with the pain immediately spreading to one or several branches of the trigeminal nerve. The pain is often so severe that the patient has to stop talking, eating, walking, covering the face with both hands, clenching the teeth in severe cases, rubbing the face, and avoiding the person talking. The face is red, the chewing muscles and facial muscles are spastic, so it is called unifacial muscle painful muscle spasm phenomenon or painful twitching. The pain may disappear abruptly and be completely painless during the 2 episodes as normal. According to common knowledge of trigeminal neuralgia at the beginning of the patient’s illness, the pain episodes are less frequent, often appearing after a cold or flu, with an interval of months or years. There are few cases that stop by themselves and heal by themselves. Later, the attacks become more frequent and the pain increases, and the duration of the disease may vary from several years to several decades. In severe cases, the attacks may occur day and night, dozens or even hundreds of times a day, and the patient is unable to eat and drink, and the body is thin, and the patient is in a state of pain all day long, with frustrated and painful expressions, and even loses confidence in life. Pain site According to the common knowledge of trigeminal neuralgia pain attacks are limited to the distribution area of the trigeminal nerve, mostly unilateral, more on the right side, and rare bilaterally, the latter also often starts from one side, and then involves the opposite side, and the pain attack area on both sides is not necessarily symmetrical. The onset of the disease is mainly on one side, and at the beginning, it can be concentrated in a certain distribution area for a long time, mostly in the area within the 2nd or 3rd branch or the 2nd and 3rd branches on one side. Later, it may gradually spread to other branches. However, it does not spread across the midline to the opposite side. For example, the pain of branch 1 is in the upper lid and forehead; the pain of branch 2 is in the upper lip, gingiva, and cheek, and also in the hard palate; the pain of branch 3 is in the lower lip, gingiva, and mandible, and less often involves tongue pain, and occasionally bilateral episodes of each are seen. Trigger point (trigger point) More than 50% of patients have a special skin sensitive area in a certain area of the face, with slight touching, pulling and vibration of facial muscles can cause an attack. This is called “trigger point” or “trigger point”. A patient can have several trigger points, and the sites are commonly located on the affected side of the upper and lower lips, corners of the mouth, nose, cheeks or gums. Any stimulation and tugging on this point causes a seizure. From this point, the seizure immediately radiates to other areas. Facial stimulation includes talking, singing, eating, washing, shaving, brushing, and wind blowing. Warm tip: The above-mentioned is a detailed introduction of what the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia are, and I hope it will be helpful to you. It is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital for treatment at the early stage of the disease, and take the treatment method for the cause of the disease to recover health as soon as possible.