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Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report

Classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is a disease characterized by severe pain in the facial area related to the trigeminal nerve. CTN occurs due to neurovascular compression of the Trigeminal nerve presenting with recurrent pain episodes. This case reports the effect of Ayurveda interventions on CT...

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Autores principales: De Silva, U.M.G.D., Mangal, G., Attanayake, A.M.H.S., Upadhyay, A., Vedpathak, S.M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37494834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100743
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author De Silva, U.M.G.D.
Mangal, G.
Attanayake, A.M.H.S.
Upadhyay, A.
Vedpathak, S.M.
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description Classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is a disease characterized by severe pain in the facial area related to the trigeminal nerve. CTN occurs due to neurovascular compression of the Trigeminal nerve presenting with recurrent pain episodes. This case reports the effect of Ayurveda interventions on CTN. Thirty-nine-year-old male patient with pain on the right side of the face for two years presented to the National Institute of Ayurveda, Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The pain was distributed on the right side of the upper lip, cheek, and chin. Paroxysms of pain appeared at the interval of 1–2 h and were lasting of 1–2 min. The case was diagnosed with the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as right-side classical trigeminal neuralgia due to indentation of the vascular loop of the right superior cerebellar artery. The patient had a treatment history of two years with allopathic medicine, and he sought Ayurveda treatment due to recurrence and excessive pain. The patient was given Ayurvedic interventions (oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha) for three months. The improvement were observed on the visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), and Short Form −36 questionnaire (SF-36) for quality of life. After three months of the treatment, the VAS scale for pain and the HADS scale for anxiety and depression showed marked improvement. Improvement in all the domains of SF-36 was observed, with a total percentage improvement from 10.7% to 83.2%. Observations of this case highlight the usefulness of Ayurveda interventions, i.e., Oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha, in reducing the acute paroxysms of pain in Classical TN and improving the quality of life of CTN patients.
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spelling pubmed-103826612023-07-30 Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report De Silva, U.M.G.D. Mangal, G. Attanayake, A.M.H.S. Upadhyay, A. Vedpathak, S.M. J Ayurveda Integr Med Case Report Classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is a disease characterized by severe pain in the facial area related to the trigeminal nerve. CTN occurs due to neurovascular compression of the Trigeminal nerve presenting with recurrent pain episodes. This case reports the effect of Ayurveda interventions on CTN. Thirty-nine-year-old male patient with pain on the right side of the face for two years presented to the National Institute of Ayurveda, Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The pain was distributed on the right side of the upper lip, cheek, and chin. Paroxysms of pain appeared at the interval of 1–2 h and were lasting of 1–2 min. The case was diagnosed with the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as right-side classical trigeminal neuralgia due to indentation of the vascular loop of the right superior cerebellar artery. The patient had a treatment history of two years with allopathic medicine, and he sought Ayurveda treatment due to recurrence and excessive pain. The patient was given Ayurvedic interventions (oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha) for three months. The improvement were observed on the visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), and Short Form −36 questionnaire (SF-36) for quality of life. After three months of the treatment, the VAS scale for pain and the HADS scale for anxiety and depression showed marked improvement. Improvement in all the domains of SF-36 was observed, with a total percentage improvement from 10.7% to 83.2%. Observations of this case highlight the usefulness of Ayurveda interventions, i.e., Oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha, in reducing the acute paroxysms of pain in Classical TN and improving the quality of life of CTN patients. Elsevier 2023 2023-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10382661/ /pubmed/37494834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100743 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report
title Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report
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title_fullStr Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report
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title_short Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report
title_sort effects of ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382661/
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