Essentially immediately after surgery, up to 90% patients feel that their pain is better and then we stop them on whatever drugs they are on for the next few weeks. There is a chance of recurrence with time the symptoms may come back and about 20% of patients do find that there is a recurrence in the next 5 years.
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What is the prognosis and recurrence rate post surgery of trigeminal neuralgia surgery?
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Is Trigeminal Neuralgia life-threatening?
It is not a life-threatening disease. There are a few cases where it drives patients to suicide but that is quite rare. Normally we give them treatment before that, and the treatment is effective now, so no one should really commit suicide because of Trigeminal Neuralgia. So in summary: It is not life-threatening, but it is really disabling as a disease.
Why is Trigeminal Neuralgia called “suicide disease”?
It is due to the nature and severity of the pain. The pain experienced by the patients is sometimes severe and it drives them to suicide. That is how this nickname is derived.
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