Trigeminal neuralgia

Description

trigeminal neuralgia: Trigeminal neuralgia is a nerve disorder that causes a stabbing or electric-shock-like pain in parts of the face. The pain lasts a few seconds to a few minutes, and usually on only one side of the face. It can also cause muscle spasms in the face the same time as the pain. The pain may result from a blood vessel pressing against the trigeminal nerve (the nerve that carries pain, feeling, and other sensations from the brain to the skin of theface), as a complication of multiple sclerosis, or due to compression of the nerve by a tumor or cyst. In some cases, the cause is unknown. Treatment options include medicines, surgery, and complementary approaches.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode G6_TRINEU
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G500, ICD-8: 35199
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G500, ICD-8: 35199
KELA reimboursements codes 119
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 12098
GWAS catalog 1001219
MESH D014277
SNOMED CT 31681005

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 438 305 133
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.33 0.41 0.23
Mean age at first event (years) 54.04 53.46 55.36
Median number of events / individual 2 2 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 44.75 45.25 43.61
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.28 1.64 3.76

Associations