Questions in The Neurology Forum are being answered by doctors from The Cleveland Clinic , consistently ranked one of the best hospitals in America. 2 months ago had a sinus infection with fluid in right maxillary sinus. His diagnosis was trigminal neuralgia. General practitioner has put me on Neurontin and has ordered a MRI scan.
Pain extends across right cheek to upper head, and back top molars.
I went to dentist to check out the teeth - no problem there. But, during the midpart of this whole thing, I had constant facial warmness. Ended up bringing a fan to work which seemed to help the situation. Sinus infection is not a common preceeding event in trigeminal neuralgia, I wonder if in fact you do have trigeminal neuralgia in the first place, you use the trem persistent pain , trigeminal neuralgia is classically a triggered, intermittent pain. It comes on in sudden intense flashes which are triggered by touching the jaw, eating or even a cold breeze.