TOPIC: TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA 

📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER

Q1. Define trigeminal neuralgia.

Ans. It is defined as sudden, usually unilateral severe, brief, stabbing, lancinating, recurring pain in the distribution of one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve. It is also called as tic douloureax, Father gill disease.

Q2. Mention the various aetiology of trigeminal neuralgia.

Ans. Various aetiology of trigeminal neuralgia are mentioned below:

1. Vascular factors.
2. Mechanical factors.
3. Anatomy of superior cerebellar artery.
4. Infections.
5. Ratners jaw bone cavity.
6. Multiple sclerosis.
7. Post traumatic neuralgia.
8. Intracranial tumors.
9. Intra oral vascular abnormalities.
10. Viral etiology.