Do you know about trigeminal neuralgia?

Around August last year, I experienced pain in my left ear. I visited an ENT specialist and received a diagnosis indicating no abnormalities. Since then, I have been experiencing pain in the left side of my face.

That pain felt like a knife carving through my face. Along with that, a headache began.

Ultimately, a whole-body MRI was performed, and the findings showed no abnormalities. It was thought to be stress-related.

Wow~~~ I feel so sick I might die, and just when I was resenting the hospital for not even being able to diagnose my illness, I happened to watch a program about life and death and learned about trigeminal neuralgia.

Watching patients with symptoms exactly like mine, even fainting from pain, was very frightening. In the end, I was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia at a top hospital in Seoul, and I don't know how much I cried.

Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the diseases that causes immense pain and reduces quality of life, which people who have not experienced it cannot understand.

Not being able to sleep properly, along with face pain and headaches that occur all day long, is a tear-inducing pain.

If there is anyone experiencing ear pain and facial pain that cannot be expressed verbally, I hope this can be of help.

 

What is third nerve neuralgia?

 

What are the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia?

 

What are the treatment methods for third nerve neuralgia?

 

If there is anyone suffering from third nerve neuralgia, please leave a comment about any treatment methods that have been helpful. In my case, I am on medication, but the drugs are not effective, and the side effect of drowsiness makes it difficult to take the medication properly.