Trigeminal neuralgia and persistent idiopathic facial pain

Trigeminal neuralgia and persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) are two of the most puzzling orofacial pain conditions and affected patients are often very difficult to treat. TN is characterized by paroxysms of brief but severe pain followed by asymptomatic periods without pain. In some patients a constant dull background pain may persist. This constant dull pain sometimes makes the dis...

Persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Quantitative sensory testing in trigeminal traumatic neuropathic pain and persistent idiopathic facial pain.

The objective of this article was to investigate, with a systematic protocol of quantitative sensory testing, patients with persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) and others with trigeminal traumatic neuropathic pain (TTN) compared to controls. Thirty patients with PIFP, 19 with TTN, and 30 controls were evaluated on subjective numbness and dysesthesia and with a systematic protocol of quanti...

pain lateralization in trigeminal neuralgia

Pain Lateralization in Trigeminal Neuralgia

I read the article by Bangash (1) with great interest, as it reconfirms the repeatedly reported finding of the predominance of affection of the right side of the face in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. This finding is even more intriguing as trigeminal neuralgia behaves quite opposite to many other painful disorders as pain in general was assumed to be more common on the left side of the bo...