Our patient was a 56-year-old woman who had developed stabbing face pain the year before after getting dental work. She had been subsequently diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia on the right side of her face. This trigeminal neuralgia acupuncture case study describes how we reduced her pain levels by 80 percent.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a flare-up of one, two, or all three facial nerves that run across the front of the face. One pathway traverses the eye, the second crosses the cheek and nose, and the third travels across the mouth. It is a severe condition and feels like an electric shock is striking the face.
Trigeminal Neuralgia Acupuncture Case Study
In this trigeminal neuralgia acupuncture case study, our patient developed her condition following dental work on the right side of her mouth. A nerve got damaged, resulting in her situation. The pain was 10 out of 10 and caused her tremendous distress.
She was on heavy-duty pain medication, which barely helped. An experimental Western medical procedure was expensive and often resulted in adverse side effects, so she sought out acupuncture as a less invasive place to start her treatment.
At her first visit, we conducted a full intake exam, assessing her condition. Her face pain came in waves, lasting approximately 15 to 45 seconds at a time throughout the day and night. The pain was off the charts – she described it as a 12 out of 10, and she reported having 20 to 30 episodes a day.
At Raleigh Acupuncture, we have developed a robust protocol for reducing trigeminal neuralgia pain. It consists of utilizing local acupoints on the face to quiet and heal the damaged nerves in conjunction with points on the body to increase blood circulation and decrease inflammation. Together these points speed healing and reduce pain.
In this trigeminal neuralgia acupuncture case study, our patient began feeling better after the first treatment. Both her pain levels and frequency of pain decreased by 10 percent. After two more treatments, acupuncture further decreased her levels by 20 percent. We continued weekly therapy for six more weeks, at which time her pain was 60 percent improved.
Long Lasting Relief
At this time, our patient had to travel out of the country for a month. On her return, she reported that pain from the trigeminal neuralgia had only slightly increased. She received another four treatments, once a week. At this point, she was 80 percent better and seemed to plateau. We paused treatment for a month, during which time she sustained the benefits and remained 80 percent better.
Sometimes we can help a patient recover 100 percent, and other times recovery is significant but not complete. In this trigeminal neuralgia acupuncture case study, our patient had 20 percent residual pain, which is not ideal, but was a considerable improvement from where she started. She told us that she sometimes did not want to go on living at the peak of her pain. And now she was enjoying life again, able to manage her face pain.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a terrible pain condition without many good options for Western medical treatment. Acupuncture is safe, natural, and has no adverse side effects. Furthermore, acupuncture delivers long-lasting pain reduction. In many cases, we can resolve the face pain completely, and other times (as in this trigeminal neuralgia acupuncture case study), we can deliver anywhere from 30 to 90 percent pain relief.
Next Steps
If you, or someone you know, suffer from trigeminal neuralgia face pain, try acupuncture. The procedure is safe – we use sterile, single-use, hair-thin needles. And treatment provides long-term relief.
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My dentist damaged a nerve in my face that triggered terrible trigeminal neuralgia. The pain in my face was way more than 10 out of 10. I could not think, could not work, could not sleep. I truly thought my life was over. But thanks to Raleigh Acupuncture Associates I am 95% better. It took three months of treatment, but it was worth it. My regular doctor had no solution for me. His pain medicine did not work. I tried an $8000 procedure of laser cutting, and that did not work. But acupuncture DID work. I’m telling you, if you have trigeminal neuralgia in your face, come to these guys. I love them!
I woke up one morning and started getting these excruciatingly painful shooting electric pains on the left side of my face. My wife took me to the emergency room and they said I had trigeminal neuralgia. They gave me some pain medicine, but a nurse there suggested I try acupuncture. She had this pain once and it was cured by acupuncture. She gave me the name of Raleigh Acupuncture. When I explained the situation they took me in the same day. After just one treatment I started feeling better. They saw me every day for six days, at which point the pain was completely gone. What a life saver. I strongly recommend getting acupuncture for trigeminal neuralgia.
