Tic douloureux (medical condition): Trigeminal neuralgia is a very painful inflammation of the nerve (trigeminal nerve) that delivers sensations to the face and "surface" of the eye.
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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]
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Tic douloureux: intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve.
Source: WordNet 2.1
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tic douloureux:
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: 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: Tic douloureux is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Tic douloureux are included in the list below:
Read more about causes of Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia)
Some of the symptoms of Tic douloureux incude:
See full list of 33 symptoms of Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia)
Treatments for Tic douloureux (Trigeminal neuralgia) include:
See full list of 12 treatments for Tic douloureux
Treatment of Tic douloureux: For more treatment information about Tic douloureux, see treatment of Trigeminal neuralgia (Tic douloureux)
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is a condition that affects the trigeminal nerve (the 5th cranial nerve), one of the largest nerves in the head. The trigeminal nerve is responsible for sending impulses of touch, pain, pressure, and temperature to the brain from the face, jaw, gums, forehead, and around the eyes. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page: NINDS)
Trigeminal neuralgia, or tic douloureux, results from a disorder of the trigeminal nerve. This nerve supplies the face, teeth, mouth, and nasal cavity with feeling and also enables the mouth muscles to chew. Symptoms are headache and intense facial pain that comes in short, excruciating jabs set off by the slightest touch to or movement of trigger points in the face or mouth. People with trigeminal neuralgia often fear brushing their teeth or chewing on the side of the mouth that is affected. (Source: excerpt from Headache - Hope Through Research: NINDS)
These medical disease topics may be related to Tic douloureux:
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Source - WordNet 2.1
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Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Tic douloureux into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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