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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Painful disorder of the fifth cranial (trigeminal nerve)

Extreme and excruciating facal pain.

Pain is stimulated by pressure and temperature.

ASSESSMENT

• Difficulty Chewing
• Facial Pain
• Increased lacrimation

TREATMENT

• Anticonvulsants (Tegretol)
• Phenytoin (Dilantin)

Medications:

• Prednisone
• Antivirals

* watch out for gingival hyperplasia, hypotension

Surgical Intervention

• Severing of the sensory root in the nerve.

Bells Palsy (Facial Paralysis)

• A paralysis that usually occurs in one side of the face.
• There is an inflammation in the seventh (facial) nerve.

* Affects the facial Nerve (Cranial nerve VII)