The International Headache Society (IHS) defines trigeminal neuralgia as “a unilateral disorder characterised by brief electric shock-like pains, abrupt in onset and termination, limited to the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve”.
It is rare condition with an incidence of 27 per 100 000 person years in the United Kingdom
IHS divides trigeminal neuralgia into two distinct categories:
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