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Tic douloureux

Introduction: Tic douloureux

Description of Tic douloureux

Tic douloureux (medical condition): Trigeminal neuralgia is a very painful inflammation of...more »

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Trigeminal neuralgia:
  »Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Symptoms of Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Causes of Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Tests for Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Treatments for Trigeminal neuralgia

Tic douloureux: SYN: trigeminal neuralgia. [Fr. painful]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Tic douloureux: intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Tic douloureux: Related Topics

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Tic douloureux: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tic douloureux is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Tic douloureux, or a subtype of Tic douloureux, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tic douloureux as a Disease

Tic douloureux: Another name for Trigeminal neuralgia (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Symptoms of Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Causes of Trigeminal neuralgia
  »Treatments for Trigeminal neuralgia

Tic douloureux: Related Diseases

Tic douloureux: Tic douloureux is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

Causes of Tic douloureux

Some of the causes of Tic douloureux are included in the list below:

  • Benign tumor of the meninges
  • Facial nerve tumor
  • Enlarged blood vessels
  • Often, no cause can be found. However, areas of brain swelling or abnormal blood vessels (arteriovenous malformations) can cause it

Symptoms of Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia)

Some of the symptoms of Tic douloureux incude:

Treatments for Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia)

Treatments for Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia) include:

Treatment of Tic douloureux: For more treatment information about Tic douloureux, see treatment of Trigeminal neuralgia (Tic douloureux)

Tic douloureux: Article Excerpts about Trigeminal neuralgia

NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is a condition that affects the trigeminal nerve (the... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page: NINDS)

Headache -- Hope Through Research: NINDS (Excerpt)

Trigeminal neuralgia, or tic douloureux, results from a disorder of the trigeminal nerve. This nerve ... (Source: excerpt from Headache -- Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Tic douloureux: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Tic douloureux:

Terms associated with Tic douloureux:

Terms Similar to Tic douloureux:

Source - NIH

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Tic douloureux

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Tic douloureux

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Tic douloureux

The following list attempts to classify Tic douloureux into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

  • neuralgia,neuralgy
  • hurting,pain
  • symptom
  • evidence,grounds
  • information
  • cognition,knowledge,noesis
  • psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

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