The trigeminal nerve plays a significant role in migraine attacks by transmitting pain signals from the face to the brain, and structural changes in the nerve may contribute to these attacks. Migraine ...

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, ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare nerve disorder that causes sudden, sharp, and severe pain, usually on one side of the face. People describe it as a shooting, electric shock-like pain in the teeth, jaw, ...

Most cases of altered sensation are related to trauma. Facial palsy is often due to Bell's palsy. However, many disorders of orofacial sensation and movement can be an indicator of serious underlying ...

Neurological disorders may present in various ways including sensory disturbance, paralysis, altered level of consciousness, fits, speech disturbance, changes in muscle tone or bulk and tremor. Facial ...

Primary amyloidomas are benign localized amyloid deposits that rarely affect the central nervous system. Depending on their location, especially when they affect other parts of the body, surgical ...

Background: Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders are common diseases, but little is known about familial clustering in these diseases. This is, to our knowledge, the first systematic family study ...

While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved Botox for trigeminal neuralgia, doctors may prescribe the drug off-label for this use. Several studies have looked into the effectiveness ...

A 37-year-old black man who had left-sided facial paralysis was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy and given steroids and acyclovir by another clinician. (I’m not sure of the reason for the acyclovir. Maybe ...