Low level laser therapy in the management of trigeminal neuralgia: A rare case report

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by sudden, severe, brief, and stabbing recurrent episodes of facial pain in one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. Pain attacks can occur spontaneously or can be triggered by non-noxious stimuli, such as talking, eating, washing the face, brushing teeth, shaving, a light touch or even a cool breeze. In addition to pain attacks, a proportion of the patients also experience persistent background pain, which along with autonomic signs and prolonged disease duration, represent predictors of worse treatment outcomes. Here, we present a classical case of trigeminal neuralgia affecting a 63yrs old male patient characterized by electric shock like pain lasting for the duration of 2 months.