What causes trigeminal neuralgia?
Disease description:
Recently, I have often felt as if my brain nerves are painful. I would like to ask the doctor what could be causing this?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Lv Zhiqin
Brain nerve pain, commonly referred to as headache, may be caused by various factors:
1. Migraine: a periodic, moderate to severe headache often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound.
2. Tension-type headache: the most common type of headache, characterized by a feeling of tightness or pressure around the head, typically affecting both sides.
3. Cluster headache: characterized by severe, one-sided headaches often around the eye, accompanied by tearing and nasal congestion, with short duration but frequent attacks.
4. Prolonged mental stress, excessive intellectual work, insufficient sleep, and other factors can also trigger brain nerve pain.
5. Intracranial lesions such as infectious meningitis, encephalitis, vascular abnormalities such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, and space-occupying lesions such as brain tumors and intracranial metastases are all common causes of headache.
6. Head trauma and facial nerve injuries, such as damage to the glossopharyngeal nerve or trigeminal nerve, can also lead to headaches.
If you experience sudden, severe headache, especially accompanied by symptoms such as altered consciousness, slurred speech, limb weakness, or vision problems, seek immediate medical attention.
