geniculate neuralgia

[mellon]

Has anyone out there been diagnosed with geniculate neuralgia and suffers thru constant ear pain (actually pain referred thru the ear)? If so, have you done anything about it or gone so far as to have the surgery that has a great cure rate, but unfortunately, there are not that many cases to compare aainst.

[meghanwfield]

I have trigeminal & geniculate neuralgia & had microvascular decompression surgery 10/09 w/ a neurosurgeon & ENT MD. My surgery was abnormal, they were unable to decompress the 7th nerve due to massive amounts of extra &abnormal blood vessels wrapped around it. The 5th nerve wss decompressed &it controlled/allievated my trigeminal symptoms for 6 mo. I recommend finding an experienced surgeon & get MVD, this diagnosis is so painful even only 6 mo of remission was worth it.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. It is a rare disorder in which one may experience severe shooting pain in ear or ear canal, jaw etc. Although there is no medication for such neuralgia but decompression surgeries of 5th, 9th and 10th nerves may help an affected person in relieving from symptoms. Hope this helps.