1, more common in middle-aged and elderly people, more women, about 2~3 times that of men.
2. Pain site: it does not exceed the distribution range of trigeminal nerve, and is often confined to one side, involving more than one branch, with the second and third branches on one side being the most common.
3, the nature of pain: the pain is paroxysmal electric shock-like, knife-like, tearing-like pain, sudden stop, usually without warning, the interval is completely normal. Every time the pain lasts for several seconds to 1~2 minutes, the attack interval is gradually shortened and the pain is gradually aggravated.
4, vascular-autonomic symptoms: sometimes accompanied by facial redness, increased skin temperature, conjunctival congestion, tears, increased saliva secretion, nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms.
5, incentives and trigger points: washing your face, brushing your teeth, chewing, yawning, talking can often induce its attack. Some patients can cause pain by touching the areas near the nose, around the mouth, gums and the inner end of the eyebrow arch. These sensitive areas are called "trigger points".
Yang Shurun Chinese Medicine Clinic is a special clinic for treating neuropathic pain. Based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and inheriting the experience of predecessors, Director Yang developed "Quanlong Decoction" through 40 years of clinical practice and using the method of syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, which is an ideal drug for treating neuralgia and has cured hundreds of cases.