I often hear people say that a toothache is not a disease, but a pain that kills people. Ms. Zhou (pseudonym) has a deep understanding of the extent of the torture of "toothache": "Sometimes I really don't want to live in pain, it feels like electric shock, knife cut, acupuncture, fire, tearing, and when it hurts, I roll on the spot, howl and cry" Recalling the lingering toothache that entangled her, Ms. Zhou still has palpitations. However, after visiting several dental hospitals, I learned that I was suffering from no ordinary toothache.
Ms. Zhou, 60 years old, from Gongyi, Henan Province, two years ago, had paroxysmal unilateral periodontal and facial pain for the first time, at first the symptoms were mild, she took oral painkillers by herself, but after a period of time, the symptoms became more and more severe, the pain became more intense and frequent, her face was stiff, and the medicine was no longer effective. Some time ago, I went to see a dentist, and there was no problem with her teeth and mouth, so the dentist suggested that she go to the brain surgery, and after diagnosis, the culprit that bothered her turned out to be "trigeminal neuralgia", and the effect was not ideal in the local hospital for a period of time, and Ms. Zhou was very anxious.
After several rounds, Ms. Zhou heard that there was a friend in the neighboring village who had a similar condition to her, and the friend recommended Zhang Xuguang, director of the functional neurosurgery department of Henan Sanbo Brain Hospital, who had been her first-class. Seeing the postoperative results of her friend, Ms. Zhou immediately set off for Sanbo, Henan. Seeing Director Zhang Xuguang, Ms. Zhou's stomach was full of grievances: "Doctor, I want to jump off the building because of the pain, I can't eat, I can't sleep; Brushing my teeth, yawning, and even the wind hurts when the wind blows, my blood pressure soared to 16 a few days ago, and I was really worried that one day I would have another heart attack, and I didn't dare to delay for a day. When she met Director Zhang Xuguang, she finally saw hope.
After detailed questioning and meticulous screening, Ms. Zhou was diagnosed with trigeminal nerve.
Second, three nerve pain, Director Zhang Xuguang used a popular image of the metaphor to introduce to her: "Just like the outer layer of the "wire" insulating "rubber" is worn out and then "leakage", you are born, but there will be no symptoms in the early stage, with the increase of age, arteriosclerosis, gradually compress the nerve, due to the nerve compression and wear, the electrical conduction of the nerve is short-circuited, resulting in abnormal nerve impulses, which will cause electric shock-like sharp pain. The wires are broken, it's useless to change the bulbs, what we have to do is fix the circuit.
Since Ms. Zhou had taken aspirin anticoagulants before coming to the hospital and could not operate for the time being, Director Zhang Xuguang suggested that she go home to rest for a few days and wait for the effect of the medicine to pass before coming for surgery. "I won't go back, I'll wait in the hospital, in case it hurts, I can't stand it, I'm relieved in the hospital," Ms. Zhou said eagerly to be hospitalized immediately. 10 days later, the efficacy of the drug passed, the examination was up to standard, Director Zhang Xuguang's team immediately formulated a detailed plan for Ms. Zhou, taking into account the patient's age and other factors, in the operation to separate the blood vessels and nerves, relieve the blood vessels to the nerve compression, but also made a slight moderate damage to the nerves, to the patient on the double insurance. The operation was completed very smoothly and the postoperative results were immediate. "The pain was gone the day the surgery was over, and the hospital came at the right time! Thank you so much, Dr. Zhang, my life is complete! Ms. Zhou's happiness is beyond words, she finally got rid of her stubborn illness and started a new life.
Director Zhang Xuguang introduced that trigeminal neuralgia is a kind of paroxysmal severe pain that occurs in the distribution area of the trigeminal nerve in the face, known as "the first pain in the world". If the pain scale is divided into 10, and a woman giving birth to a child is 8, then trigeminal neuralgia is 10. At the beginning of the disease, it is very similar to a normal toothache, which is easy to confuse, and generally does not cause special attention, and then delays**. In fact, the disease** is mostly due to the presence of abnormally distorted blood vessels in the skull, which compresses the trigeminal nerve. Delays** can also cause serious harm to physical and mental health, and in severe cases, even depression and suicidal tendencies. He especially reminded everyone that if there is an unexplained toothache or severe facial pain from time to time, do not blindly judge, it is recommended to go to the hospital for further examination, and then do it.
Zhang XuguangDeputy Chief Physician, Master's Degree Candidate, Deputy Director of the Department of Functional Neurosurgery of Henan Sanbo Brain Hospital, engaged in the surgical evaluation and evaluation of a large number of functional neurosurgical diseases such as facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, cerebral palsy, and intractable migraine, and has accumulated rich experience in the diagnosis and treatment of functional neurosurgical diseases in more than 20 years of clinical work.
Professional expertise: diagnosis and synthesis of diseases related to functional neurosurgery**, facial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, intractable migraine, pediatric cerebral palsy, etc.
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