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    Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of the 5th cranial nerve characterized by paroxysms of pain in areas innervated by the trigeminal nerve branches, most commonly the 2nd and 3rd branches. Symptoms include unilateral shooting or stabbing pain, eye closing, mouth twitching, and paroxysms. Diagnosis involves MRI to identify if a cerebral artery or vein is compressing the nerve root entry point. Treatment includes medications like carbamazepine and gabapentin, as well as microvascular decompression surgery or other procedures to relieve nerve compression. Nursing care educates patients on triggers and managing pain, and provides symptom relief.

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    Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of the 5th cranial nerve characterized by paroxysms of pain in areas innervated by the trigeminal nerve branches, most commonly the 2nd and 3rd branches. Symptoms include unilateral shooting or stabbing pain, eye closing, mouth twitching, and paroxysms. Diagnosis involves MRI to identify if a cerebral artery or vein is compressing the nerve root entry point. Treatment includes medications like carbamazepine and gabapentin, as well as microvascular decompression surgery or other procedures to relieve nerve compression. Nursing care educates patients on triggers and managing pain, and provides symptom relief.

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    Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of the 5th cranial nerve characterized by paroxysms of pain in areas innervated by the trigeminal nerve branches, most commonly the 2nd and 3rd branches. Symptoms include unilateral shooting or stabbing pain, eye closing, mouth twitching, and paroxysms. Diagnosis involves MRI to identify if a cerebral artery or vein is compressing the nerve root entry point. Treatment includes medications like carbamazepine and gabapentin, as well as microvascular decompression surgery or other procedures to relieve nerve compression. Nursing care educates patients on triggers and managing pain, and provides symptom relief.

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    TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSTIC EXAM NURSING INTERVENTION


    INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT COLLABORATIVE

    Avoid eating food
    too cold and too hot

    Educate patient that
    washing face,
    combing hair,
    brushing the teeth,
    shaving, chew may
    trigger the pain
    Instruct patient to to
    take fluids and food
    in room temperature

    Carbamazepine

    Gabapentin

    Baclofen

    Phenytoin



    Microvascular
    Decompression of the
    Trigeminal Nerve an
    intracranial approach
    used to relieve the
    contact between the
    cerebral vessel and the
    trigeminal nerve root
    entry.

    Radio Frequency
    Thermal Coagulation
    produces a thermal
    lesion on the trigeminal
    nerve.

    Percutaneous Ballon
    Microcompression
    disrupts large
    myelinated fibers in all
    three branches of the
    trigeminal nerve


    It is a condition in the 5
    th

    cranial nerve that is
    characterized by paroxysms of
    pain in the area innervated by
    any of the three branches ,but
    most commonly the 2
    nd
    and
    the 3
    rd
    branches of the
    trigeminal nerve
    (Mazzoni,2006)




    Pain unilateral shooting
    and stabbing sensation

    Consecutive Closing of
    eye

    Twitching of the mouth

    Douloureux

    Paroxysms



    MRI identifies if the loop of
    a cerebral artery or vein
    may compress the nerve
    root entry point
    (Gronseth, Cruccu,
    Alksne, 2008)

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