CLINICAL AND PATHOGENETIC PECULIARITIES OF TRIGENAL NERALGIA IN THE ELDERLY

Аннотация

Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by severe pain attacks, the formation mechanism of which is described in numerous literature sources, where the authors describe various pathogenetic concepts with the development of treatment methods. This work was no exception, the study was conducted on the basis of a private clinic, the features of the clinical and pathogenetic aspects of TN in the elderly and senile patients were studied, observing the stages of diagnosis; studied laboratory and instrumental indicators, which proved the deformation of the openings of the trigeminal nerve due to osteoporosis. The cause itself is defined as compression-tunneling; optimization of treatment with a chondroprotective drug showed high positive results.