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Trigeminal Neuralgia
Neurosurgery · Neurological
Moderate
Severity
Rare — affects approximately 4-13 per 100,000 people annually, more common in women and those over 50
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Neurosurgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve by a nearby blood vessel
- 2leading to irritation and abnormal nerve signaling. Other causes include multiple sclerosis
- 3which damages the protective covering of the nerve
- 4or
- 5less commonly
- 6a tumour pressing on the nerve. Risk factors include increasing age and conditions that cause nerve demyelination
- 7though many cases occur without another clear underlying disease.
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