Symptoms of Trigeminal Neuralgia

According to the Mayo Clinic, trigeminal neuralgia symptoms may include one or more of these patterns:

• Occasional twinges of mild pain.
• Episodes of severe, shooting or jabbing pain that may feel like an electric shock.
• Spontaneous attacks of pain or attacks triggered by things such as touching the face, chewing, speaking and brushing teeth.
• Bouts of pain lasting from a few seconds to several seconds.
• Episodes of several attacks lasting days, weeks, months or longer —some people have periods when they experience no pain.
• Pain in areas supplied by the trigeminal nerve (nerve branches), including the cheek, jaw, teeth, gums, lips, or less often the eye and forehead.
• Pain affecting one side of your face at a time.
• Pain focused in one spot or spread in a wider pattern.
• Attacks becoming more frequent and intense over time.