Because of the damage, the nerves will continue to send pain signals to the brain. Up to 20% of people with shingles will develop this complication. On the face, PHN might affect one or more branches ...

Up to 20% of people with shingles will develop this complication. On the face, PHN might affect one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. This is the nerve that allows for feeling and movement ...

When the telltale red bumps of shingles ... “The nerve that supplies the face, especially the forehead and tip of the nose, also supplies the eye, as part of the trigeminal nerve or cranial ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an intensely painful condition in which the trigeminal, or fifth cranial nerve, becomes irritated. TN can be an early symptom of multiple sclerosis. People who have ...

The location of the rash can vary depending on which spinal nerve root is affected. This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side of the body—services a specific area of skin called a ...

HZ infection in older adults, commonly called shingles, is associated with a number of acute signs and symptoms such as skin rash, nerve damage and pain, and longer term complications, the most ...

There is a higher incidence of post-radiation facial paresthesia and dysesthesia in patients who have previously undergone trigeminal nerve procedures.

vesicles appeared in the dermatome of the second division. The possibility exists, however, that some second-division fibers were inadvertently severed. The correlation between trigeminal nerve ...

Differential diagnosis of pain in the face as the presenting complaint can be difficult. We propose an approach based on history and neurological examination, which allows a working diagnosis to be ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition affecting one or more distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Patients with this condition experience short, sharp, shooting pain attacks, which can ...

Though she suspected shingles based on how people ... often on one side of the face or body. “Since the virus lives in the nerve root, the rash roughly tracks the route that single nerve will ...