NORTHWOOD (WPVI) -- Pain is among the hardest medical problems to deal with. And facial pain is one of the trickiest. A Philadelphia man details his long journey to relief. "The pain initially was ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Imagine having a nerve so sensitive that eating or drinking - or even a light breeze - can set off excruciating pain. That's trigeminal neuralgia. It's a debilitating ...

Microvascular decompression is a surgery to treat trigeminal neuralgia. A neurosurgeon relieves pressure (typically from a blood vessel) around the trigeminal nerve (sensory nerve running along your ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine a pain in your face that is so intense you can’t talk, eat or move? It’s called trigeminal neuralgia, and up to 15,000 people a year are diagnosed with it.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Imagine a pain in your face that is so intense you can't talk, eat or move - it's called trigeminal neuralgia, and up to 15,000 people a year are diagnosed with it. When ...

A sudden electric shock in the face that disappears in seconds may not sound alarming at first. But for many, it marks the beginning of a painful neurological condition that quietly takes over daily ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Trigeminal neuralgia is a severe facial pain disorder that is difficult to treat. It is the most common facial ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is often described as one of the most excruciating pain disorders known to medicine. It’s sometimes referred to as the “suicide disease” because of the unbearable intensity ...

Travis Barker is opening up about what sounds like a rough week in terms of his health. On Friday, the Blink-182 drummer, 47, took to X to share with fans that he suffered three health issues last ...

Stereotactic surgery uses focused radiation to damage nerve tissue (trigeminal nerve) to prevent or disrupt pain signals in your brain. We can use stereotactic radiosurgery to treat trigeminal ...

Basimglurant is a potent, cell-penetrant negative allosteric modulator of mGlu5 receptors that works by lowering the perception of pain threshold. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male. A few months ago, I suddenly had the worst pain in my life, centered in the right side of my tongue, of all places. It felt like a live electrical wire was ...