Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment: Effective Solutions for Pain Relief
TN usually develops after the age of 50, more commonly in females, although there have been cases with patients being as young as three years of age.
Emergency Cases
Trigeminal neuralgia is a symptom complex with severe facial pain. In classic trigeminal neuralgia, patients experience severe episodic lancinating (piercing) pain in the face. Although the attacks of pain can come in consecutive chains, each attack of pain may last only a few seconds. Touching, chewing, facial motion, and cold breezes are the usual triggers of facial pain attacks. Between attacks of pain, patients usually do not have any symptoms. In order to minimize the attacks of pain, patients often refrain from talking, facial expressive motion, or even eating. When patients have severe attacks, they can become easily dehydrated from avoiding beverages and food.
Although some patients with multiple sclerosis can develop trigeminal neuralgia due to demyelinating disease in the trigeminal nerve root, most patients with trigeminal neuralgia are classified as idiopathic due to the lack of any obvious cause. It was observed that most cases of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia were caused by blood vessel compression at the trigeminal nerve root inside the head (neurovascular compression). In atypical form of trigeminal neuralgia, patients experience pain constantly or for an unusually prolonged period. This can be an extremely debilitating condition that reduces one’s quality of life. Fortunately, the cases of trigeminal neuralgia that are caused by neurovascular compression may be effectively treated by surgical means.
Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery Options in India
When all other means of controlling the pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia prove to be ineffective, then surgery is the only option left. Trigeminal neuralgia surgery can be of two types – percutaneous, that is through the skin, and open surgery. Percutaneous procedure is preferred in old and frail patients, whereas open surgery is advisable for young and healthy patients. However, the effects of most percutaneous procedures is mostly short-lived, and there are often cases that come back complaining of recurrence of pain.
Many patients across the world get Trigeminal neuralgia surgery in India under certified surgeons, complaining facial pain associated with nerve compression in the brain. In India, highly trained specialists from Neurology and Neurosurgery work together to diagnose and treat trigeminal neuralgia successfully. Trigeminal neuralgia is a nervous system disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve which is responsible for relaying sensory information in the face and controlling the muscles of chewing. The goal of Trigeminal neuralgia surgery in India is to either damage or destroy the part of the trigeminal nerve that is the source of the pain. Planning and coordination, travel arrangements, concierge services and personal attention are an integral part of the benefits provided by We Care Health Services in India
List of Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgeries offered in India
- Microvascular Decompression
- Balloon Microdecompression
- Stereotactic Radio Surgery
- Percutaneous Steriotactic Radiofrequency Rhizotomy