Facial Pain - Introduction

Facial pain is frequently misdiagnosed.  Symptoms range from electric shock-like to dull, stabbing to achy, intermittent to constant, and can be burning or not non-burning.

Getting the right diagnosis is crucial to getting proper treatment.  Many are diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia when their symptoms do not match the disorder.

Seeking a second opinion from an experienced practitioner to confirm a health care provider’s diagnosis and treatment plan may be worthwhile.

http://www.ohsu.edu/health/health-topics/topic.cfm?id=13919
Facial Pain:Classifications

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/facial_pain.htm
Symptom: Facial Pain

http://www.actaneurologica.be/acta/download/2001-1/01-schoenen.pdf
Differential diagnosis of facial pain

http://ceaccp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/extract/8/4/138
Headache and chronic facial pain

http://216.25.100.131/ihscommon/guidelines/pdfs/ihc_II_main_no_print.pdf
The International Classification of Headache Disorders

http://www.umanitoba.ca/cranial_nerves/other/index.html
Other Disorders

Organizations

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