Do I have Neuralgia?

Posted By Elaine on July 14, 1998 at 16:58:02:







I'm 31, and ever since my teenage years I have experienced occasional sensitivity in my face. It varies from side to side. Sometimes it spreads to my head and it's too sensitive/painful to brush my hair. Sometimes I have ear ache or toothache associated with it, but not always. I can't tell sometime if the ear ache/toothache causes the sensitivity or vice versa. Often times the inside of my mouth/gum is sensitive too. I don't usually have a headache with it. Ibuprofin or Tylenol will usually provide temporary relief. Nothing specific that I can tell seems to trigger it. Could this be a form of Neuralgia? If so, should I do something about it now to prevent it getting worse when I''m older? My mother had the same thing - maybe it's hereditary?