trigeminal neuralgia
noun
: an intense paroxysmal neuralgia involving one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve
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The common epilepsy drug carbamazepine was developed to treat the shooting nerve pain of trigeminal neuralgia, which is described as feeling like a hatchet to the head and is often called the suicide pain.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Along with her gastroparesis, Jacqueline has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, as well as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, trigeminal neuralgia (a neurological facial pain disorder) and primary immunodeficiency.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Some of the common causes of face tingling are certain medications, allergies, anxiety, migraines, nerve damage, Bell’s palsy, shingles, multiple sclerosis, stroke, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy, and fibromyalgia.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Jacqueline has lived with a range of chronic health conditions since the age of 14 including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, gastroparesis and trigeminal neuralgia.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
Gout, trigeminal neuralgia, angina.
—Ann Levin, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021
My husband suffers from trigeminal neuralgia.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
Microvascular decompression procedure for trigeminal neuralgia.
—Katrina Firlik, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2014
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Along with her gastroparesis, Jacqueline has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, as well as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, trigeminal neuralgia (a neurological facial pain disorder) and primary immunodeficiency.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
Some of the common causes of face tingling are certain medications, allergies, anxiety, migraines, nerve damage, Bell’s palsy, shingles, multiple sclerosis, stroke, trigeminal neuralgia, epilepsy, and fibromyalgia.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Jacqueline has lived with a range of chronic health conditions since the age of 14 including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, gastroparesis and trigeminal neuralgia.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
Gout, trigeminal neuralgia, angina.
—Ann Levin, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021
My husband suffers from trigeminal neuralgia.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
Microvascular decompression procedure for trigeminal neuralgia.
—Katrina Firlik, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2014
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“Trigeminal neuralgia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trigeminal%20neuralgia. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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