What are the symptoms of late-stage trigeminal neuralgia?

Trigeminal neuralgia is an unbearable disease that often occurs. If not treated in time, in the late stage, facial muscle twitching, flushing, etc. will occur, accompanied by varying degrees of tearing and drooling. If it continues for a long time, the skin will become very rough and the person will gradually lose weight.

1. The "trigger points" and inducing factors of the late-stage symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia: Pain attacks are often triggered by actions such as brushing teeth, washing face, talking, chewing, and even wind or noise can cause attacks. For some patients, touching the areas around the nose, mouth, gums, inner end of the eyebrow arch, etc. can cause pain attacks. These sensitive areas are called "trigger points" or "trigger points." Anesthetic "trigger points" can often provide temporary relief from pain attacks. Therefore, in order to reduce the attacks, patients with trigeminal neuralgia often dare not wash their faces, speak loudly, or even eat.

2. Signs and symptoms of late-stage trigeminal neuralgia: Attacks may be accompanied by twitching of the ipsilateral muscles, facial flushing, tearing and drooling, so they are also called painful convulsions. When the pain occurs, patients often rub the same side of the face with their hands. Over time, the facial skin becomes rough, thickened, and the eyebrows fall out. Because they are afraid to eat, wash their faces, and do not care about their appearance, patients often appear thin, haggard, unkempt, and depressed. Objective examination usually shows no signs of trigeminal nerve dysfunction or other localized neurological signs, but sometimes facial pain and touch sensation may be reduced due to rough and thickened facial skin or blockade treatment.

3. Nature of pain: The pain in patients with late-stage trigeminal neuralgia is mainly paroxysmal knife-like, tearing, and electric shock-like severe pain, which manifests as sudden onset and sudden cessation. Each pain may last for a few seconds or minutes. After that, the intervals between attacks gradually shorten and the pain gradually worsens. Frequent attacks will affect the rest and eating of patients with trigeminal neuralgia. This is a common symptom of trigeminal neuralgia.

What are the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia? The late-stage symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia have been introduced very clearly to everyone. I believe that everyone now has a comprehensive understanding of the late-stage symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia. The treatment of trigeminal neuralgia must be timely. You should actively receive treatment when the trigeminal neuralgia occurs in the early stage. As long as the trigeminal neuralgia is treated in time, the occurrence of late symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia can be avoided. I hope the above introduction will be helpful to everyone.