The Pain that Wouldn’t Go Away, Leaves
Neuralgia, trigeminal (nu-ral’ji-a) [Gr. neuron, sinew, + algos, pain] is a severe sharp pain along the course of the fifth cranial nerve. Attacks are often precipitated by initiation of pain by obvious stimuli of certain hypersensitive areas of face lips, or tongue. Mayoclinic.org lists the symptoms as follows: Episodes of severe, shooting or jabbing pain …