This week we are going to step away from hips, knees and ankles to discuss something which is extremely and excruciatingly troubling for some patients. That condition is known as “Tic douloureux” or ...

Ten patients had varying degrees of sensory disturbance confined to the fifth cranial nerve. The second and third divisions were most commonly affected, but motor paresis and pain were notably absent, ...

CHENNAI: Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder involving the fifth cranial nerve also called the trigeminal nerve. This nerve normally functions to provide sensations to the face and also ...

Trigeminal Neuralgia also known as 'The Suicide Disease' is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve. HCG Apex Cancer Centre organised a press conference along with a ...

This article discusses how the cranial nerves work as components of the peripheral nervous system; these are special nerves associated with the brain. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with ...

Various medications have been used for relief of tic, such as alcohol injections, salicylates, trichlorethylene. Latest proposed treatment is Vitamin B<SUB>1</SUB> (TIME, May 8). But all these ...

Miss Payel Bhattacharya, was diagnosed with a rare disease von Hippel-Lindau or VHL. It is a genetic form of cancer. VHL patients battle a series of tumors throughout their life. VHL may occur in up ...