Pregnancy can cause severe painful
complications. Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the
complications that can cause by pregnancy. TN
complications cause sudden facial pain like electric shocks.
There can be various other causes of trigeminal neuralgia
but an increase in estrogen level aggravates activation of
extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in trigeminal
ganglions and anticipation is increased. TN afflicts females
during pregnancy and causes further complications in its
management. Trigeminal nerve decompression increase
morbidity. It can cause possible damage to the
decompression area of the brain. Studies reported TN can
be cured by using conventional radiofrequency ablation of
Gasserian ganglion or gamma knife radiosurgery.
Keywords :
Trigeminal Neuralgia, Pregnancy, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Trigeminal Nerve Compression,