Subject: Trigeminal Neuralgia
Forum: The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum
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Posted by Alan Bissell on October 28, 1997 at 16:34:45:

To whomever answers questions:

I am 2.5 years post rotor rooter sinus surgery. The left side was full and had to be scraped. Disgusting was my surgeons word. All went well for 1 year when a head cold/virus hit. Within two days of my head clearing and drying up I started to experience symptoms which have been confirmed as Trigeminal Neuralgia in all three branches. It has been controlled with Tegretol for the last year. Two weeks ago I had a head cold/virus and within one day of my head drying up I blew right up through the medications to full blown big ones. It skipped right over the smaller shocks.
My questions:
1 Is it possible this is mere coincidence?
2 If this is nerve damage what is going on during the drying up stage that is trashing me and what can be done about it?
3 Could this be a virus based problem and what could I do about it?
Thank you for any information you may be able to share.
Alan Bissell

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