三叉神经痛是人间最痛苦的疾病之一,患者连吃饭、喝水都很困难,因为任何对面部的轻微触动,如洗脸。说话、张口甚至风吹等,均可引发剧烈面痛,如同锥刺、火烧、电击一样。病人常年带病,天天畏惧剧痛的暴发,从而产生严重的心理创伤,使患者痛不欲生。 本病的特点有三:发病者以女性为多,以右侧面部为多,以50岁以上的人为多。 三叉神经是第五对脑神经,如果把它比喻为一株神经树,其根在脑内,其枝达面部,牙齿就像枝上的果子。本病常被误认为“牙病”。因神经根深居颅内,“难治”就成为本病的第四个特点。 Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most painful diseases in the world. Patients are having difficulty eating and drinking water because of any slight touching on the face, such as washing their face. Talk, mouth and even the wind, etc., can cause severe pain, as cone thorns, fire, electric shock the same. Patient perennial sick, every day fear of the outbreak of pain, resulting in serious psychological trauma, so that patients feel depressed. The disease has three characteristics: the incidence of women as much as the right side of the face to more than 50 years of age as much. Trigeminal nerve is the fifth pair of cranial nerves, if it is compared to a nerve tree, its root in the brain, its branches up to the face, teeth like the branches of fruit. The disease is often mistaken for “dental disease.” Deep in the brain because of nerve root, “refractory” has become the fourth characteristic of this disease.