Trigeminal neuralgia

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What is trigeminal neuralgia?

Trigeminal neuralgia is a facial pain syndrome due to a disorder of the 5th cranial nerve. It is characterized by some combination of sharp, stabbing, intense facial pain.

Common symptoms reported by people with trigeminal neuralgia

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Treatments taken by people for trigeminal neuralgia

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Who has trigeminal neuralgia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 479 say trigeminal neuralgia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 33
30s 58
40s 77
50s 66
60s 87
70+ 191
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 42
20-29 years 28
30-39 years 32
40-49 years 38
50-59 years 30
60-69 years 28
70+ years 33

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 151
Female 868

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 547
Not Diagnosed 31

These charts show data from trigeminal neuralgia patients who have completed their condition history
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