Information on Neuralgia

Neuralgia is pain in a sensory nerve. Normally, sensory nerves carry electrical impulses to the brain to tell it what’s happening around the body. It’s thought that when the protective coating of the nerve (the myelin) deteriorates, the nerve transmits abnormal messages of pain instead of sensory messages.

Many people describe the pain of neuralgia as an intense shooting or stabbing pain that happens in quick succession and lasts for a few seconds.

Trigeminal neuralgia - is the most common type of neuralgia and is an intense pain in one side of the face.

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia – is pain felt either in the mouth, the throat, or the ear.

Occipital neuralgia – is pain, numbness, or tingling in the base of the skull.

Neuralgia can be caused by:

• Injury to the nerve
• Some unknown nerve abnormality
• Infection causing nerve inflammation (neuritis)
  

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