Dr Ben Jonker loves treating people with trigeminal neuralgia – a condition that has been described as the “suicide disease”.

Merelia spent years trying to figure out what was happening to her. Sharp pains stabbed her face until finally she was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. "It's like ripping your eye or stabbing it," ...

Merelia spent years trying to figure out what was happening to her. Sharp pains stabbed her face until finally she was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. "It's like ripping your eye or stabbing it," ...

Yes, there is an increased risk of trigeminal neuralgia among people who have neck problems. So far, the exact reason for the relationship is not known, but researchers have some preliminary theories.

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder that is important to include in the differential diagnosis of head or facial pain. Trigeminal neuralgia ­­— also known as tic douloureux — ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition that can cause excruciating facial pain, usually due to compression of the trigeminal nerve or other causes. Other conditions can be mistaken for trigeminal ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. Thus, many treatments, both medical and surgical, have been developed for this relapsing and ...